Make B Ed JEE a 3-hr paper with no negative marking, suggests LU

LUCKNOW :There should be a single paper of three hours (180 minutes) duration instead of two papers of three hours each (360 minutes) in the B Ed joint entrance exam. There should also not be any negative marking.

The Lucknow University urged the state government to consider these suggestions in the joint B Ed entrance exam to be held in future.

These suggestions came at a meeting of the advisory committee of JEE B Ed 2018-20 held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of LU vice-chancellor SP Singh. The university conducted the B Ed entrance exam for the fourth consecutive year this time.

LU officials felt that if there’s a single paper, it will save the time of candidates who come from far off places to major cities to appear in the entrance test.

“If the duration of the entrance exam is reduced, the administration will have to arrange security and supervise only a single shift instead of two,” said Prof Naveen Khare, state coordinator, JEE B Ed 2018-20.

“There should be 180 multiple choice questions (MCQs) in one paper of 180 minutes. Section A: Total MCQs 90 (General Knowledge 45 MCQs; Language Hindi 23 MCQs and language English 22 MCQs) and Section B: Total MCQs 90 (General Aptitude 45 MCQs; Subject Arts/Commerce/ Science/Agriculture, 45 MCQs each),” he added.

Another suggestion given by LU was that candidates should be allowed to take away their used question booklets after the written test. It was also decided that B Ed minority colleges will ensure transparency in their admission procedure. “They will have to upload the list of applicants (against minority quota seats), test process, results and admitted candidates etc on their website,” said Prof NK Pandey, spokesperson, LU.