It's stressful

It's stressful

As admissions to IITs and NITs are stayed, students face new hardships
The admission process of IITs, NITs, IIITs and government funded engineering colleges has been stalled midway ¬ even as IITs say more than 33,000 candidates have already taken admission. A pattern has emerged of goalposts for exams and admissions being shifted repeatedly and especially at the last minute. This is very unjust in how it inflicts unwarranted pressure and hardship on students ¬ while the authorities concerned just cannot seem to get their act right.
Two petitioners have won a stay from the Supreme Court over the awarding of 18 bonus marks to all candidates who appeared in the JEE Advanced, after two wrong questions were discovered in one out of 10 question sets in Hindi. They argued the bonus marks were unfair to those who attempted the questions correctly in other question sets. The petitioners alleged that the bonus marks altered the merit list and brought their ranks several notches down.
This is certainly possible. A higher rank can ensure admission to top-grade institutes and preferred engineering streams. But Attorney General KK Venugopal argued that it was difficult to find the candidates who took the test in Hindi, which led to awarding bonus marks to all candidates. Ultimately there should be a uniform, predictable policy for dealing with wrong questions, so that the matter doesn't keep returning to the courts.
It should be remembered that medical candidates had little clarity about the NEET entrance test for four years and CBSE is facing heat over poor evaluation practices in Class 12 examinations. Often the bunglings emerge closer to exam or admission time. This unconscionably worsens stress for students, who spend years preparing for exams amid stiff competition and limited seats.