Dinesh Kumar Goel Founder Chairman & Chief Mentor, FIITJEE Ltd.
The district consumer disputes redressal forum, Chandigarh, directed a coaching institute to pay Rs. 25,000 as compensation for its failure to refund fee even when the Sector-15 student left course. Mayank Tiwari, 15, had moved the forum through his father against FIITJEE Limited, alleging deficiency in services for failing to refund Rs. 1.46 lakh deposited as fee by him for a course that he had left after being “unsatisfied” with teaching methods. The forum presided over by Rajan Dewan, on May 16, directed FIITJEE Limited to refund the balance fee after deducting the proportionate fee till June 2013 along with paying Rs. 7,000 as cost of litigation. Mayank had taken admission in FIITJEE’s “Pinnacle - Two Year Integrated School Program for IIT-JEE”. He had been taking his coaching classes since April 18, 2013, but realised that the method of teaching was not up to the mark as assured by FIITJEE, at the time of admission. Ultimately, being unsatisfied, he requested FIITJEE to refund the fee paid by him and he had stopped attending the classes from June 8, 2013. Contesting the allegations, FIITJEE Limited denied that the standards of coaching were not up to the mark. They denied that the complainant or his father ever made any representation with regard to the coaching staff or the method of coaching and even denied ever assuring of refund of fee within seven days. As the coaching institute failed to produce attendance record of the student, the forum failed to believe the contention of the institute that Mayank attended classes till July 2013. Holding the coaching institute grossly deficient in rendering proper service, the forum stated: “The coaching institute at best could have charged the proportionate fee till the last day of the month in which the complainant opted out. The coaching institute cannot be allowed to swallow the hard earned money of consumers (like the complainant) by taking shelter under some self-serving clauses in the form incorporated by them just to advance their purpose.”
Physicswas challenging in JEE 2014
Held between April 9 and 19, 2014, the JEE Main 2014 that was taken by around five lakh students from across India and abroad, did not throw up any surprises. There were no changes in the paper pattern. However, there was a change in the type of questions, ie there were no comprehension or reasoning-based questions this year. Only objective-type questions were asked. Overall, there were 30 questions in each subject, taking the total questions to 90 for 360 marks. Candidates will be awarded four marks for each correct answer and one mark will be deducted for each incorrect response. Analysing the paper, Aakash Chaudhry, director, Aakash Educational Services Ltd, says, “This year’s online paper was similar to the offline version. In both the papers, the chemistry section was the easiest, while maths and physics were comparatively difficult. It’s important to understand that the offline and online papers were similar because the Central Board of Secondary Education will not create differences between the difficulty level of both the papers.
Talking about the preparation level required for the exam, we can say that the paper was based on the CBSE curriculum, but questions asked were above the level of standard questions given in the extbook.” Leaving aside the chemistry portion, the questions were competitive and an average student would have found it difficult to attempt beyond 40 to 45 questions. The mathematics portion was as expected, with reasonably sound quality of questions, although nearly 8 to 10 questions were similar to those asked in previous IIT-JEE examinations. Finally, the physics portion posed good challenge to students due to some questions requiring lengthy calculations. Here also, two to three questions were similar to previous years’ questions, says Chaudhry. Overall, the level of difficulty can be defined between moderate to high, as a good number of questions were above the standard level. In physics, at least 20% to 25% questions were tough. Chemistry was an easy section with not more than 5% to 10% questions that can be termed as difficult. Mathematics also did not pose much of a challenge but had few tricky questions. In terms of errors and slip ups, there was a slight correction in physics, where one of the questions did not have the correct option listed in the choices. Also, in another question, the options were mentioned in joule while it should have been in volt. In addition, in chemistry, there were some printing mistakes like the units of some quantities. The overall paper of JEE (Main) was interesting and a good test of the students’ knowledge. Most of the questions were meant to assess the in-depth understanding as well as numerical solving ability of the students. A student who has worked hard continuously for two years must have done well, but an average student reading only the theory part would not have been able to perform well in this paper. It is expected that a student having a score of 110 to 115 marks would be in the list of top 1.5 lakh students who would qualify for JEE (Advanced). “Some of the students who appeared for the online exam, reported that physics was quite tough in comparison to mathematics and chemistry, which is contrary to what the students felt about the offline paper conducted on April 6, 2014. According to them, maths was the toughest section in the offline paper. Some of the candidates felt that the online system was better with improved features. For instance, the right hand side of the computer screen had a scrolling sheet displaying all the question numbers.,” says Ramesh Batlish, head of FIITJEE Noida. “Students could click on a particular question and get on to that question as and when they wanted to. Then, at the bottom of the screen, there was a ‘save and continue’ option to proceed and then finally submit the saved answers. Students had an option to go back to the previous page and check or correct their answer. Students were also given rough sheets for calculations,” adds Batlish.
FIITJEE searching for science marvels in Maharashtra
The serious students vying for success with a good rank in the IITs and the other competitive entrance exams will not only get an in-depth expert feedback In order to unravel the hidden talents, FIITJEE, the nation’s premier institute for IIT-JEE training on Friday announced the Maharashtra Science Talent Search Exam (MSTSE) 2014 for class VIII, IX and X students aspiring for a seat in IITs and NITs. The MSTSE will be conducted on March 30 (Sunday) in Maharashtra at as many as 27 centres, including Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Latur, Lonavala, Kolhapur, Solapur. To support these talented minds, FIITJEE will also help them financially by waiving-off the tuition fee. FIITJEE, a socially responsible organisation aims to help these serious JEE aspirants realise their dreams through this examination and based on their performance, it will help them know their chances of success in securing a seat in the IITs through the Rank Potential Index obtained in MSTSE. A total of 1050 students (350 each for Class VIII, IX and X) – out of these 350 students in each class, 250 for FIITJEE Centres in Greater Mumbai (Andheri, Chembur, Dadar, Kandivali, Navi Mumbai, Sion, Thane, Jalgaon, Kalyan, Tarapur (Boisar) & Nashik, 50 for FIITJEE Nagpur Centre (Nagpur, Akola, Amravati, Chandrapur, Wardha and Bhandara and 50 for FIITJEE Pune Centre (Pune, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Jalna, Latur, Lonavala, Kolhapur, Osmanabad, Sangli, Solapur and Wai – will be selected through MSTSE2014 Exam and 20 per cent of these seats will be reserved for students studying in Marathi medium schools. There is no fee for appearing in MSTSE and is completely free for all the class VIII, IX and X students of Maharashtra. The Test Paper will be in English as well as in Marathi language. Student can opt for paper in the language of his / her choice. “The Maharashtra Science Talent Search Exam is another unique initiative by FIITJEE to unravel the hidden talents and FIITJEE will support these talented minds,” informed
Mohit Sardana, Director & Head of Mumbai Territory, FIITJEE Ltd, while addressing a press conference at The Press Club, Mumbai. This exam, according to Mr Rajini Kumar, Centre Head, Mumbai, FIITJEE Ltd, is of paramount importance to all the JEE aspirants as well as others who aim to succeed in the Boards, IITs, and other competitive exams as, based on their performance, they will know their Rank Potential Index for IIT-JEE and Success Potential Index for other significant exams. “This will, further, help them evaluate better as to where they stand in terms of competitive merit, what more they have to do to achieve and how well they have to prepare for it to secure a seat in IITs,” he informed. Mr Kumar pointed out that FIITJEE has always been preparing students in a fundamental way, teaching in a comprehensive way so that students do well in IIT-JEE (irrespective of the pattern), Boards, NTSE, KVPY, Olympiads and other engineering entrance exams. “A total of 11 students if FIITJEE Mumbai centre have recently been awarded scholarship through KVPY 2013,” he added. The serious students vying for success with a good rank in the IITs and the other competitive entrance exams will not only get an in-depth expert feedback on their preparation, but also will get opportunities, guidance and suggestions to plug loopholes, clear stumbling blocks, strengthen their competitive skills and raise their IQ by joining FIITJEE’s classroom program. “It provides crucial inputs during their preparatory stage for JEE and any other competitive exam and they will address various important aspects related to Planning Study Schedules, Time Management Techniques, Answering Tactics and Revision Strategies to optimise their performance on the exam day,” Mr Kumar stated. FIITJEE has a pool of more than 1300 very competent full-time faculty ensuring highly effective teachers in all the subjects throughout the students’ studies. FIITJEE has decided to give 100 per cent fee waivers tuition fee for FIITJEE Programs. Students will have to pay only the applicable Program Fee while enrolling for classroom program at FIITJEE, 2016. They will also get Hostel fee concession upto 100 per cent. It is apparent that Top students will be getting adequate support (Fee Waivers on various course fee heads) for joining FIITJEE Program for IITJEE / Other Competitive Entrance Exams preparation.