Archive · 11 Aug 2025
Presidency Alumni Seek Role in Admission Test Development
The former students and teachers of Presidency University are concerned about how new students are being chosen.
They want the university to have more say in the admission tests.
Since 2015, the government has been in charge of the tests.
The alumni believe this has led to questions that aren't as good and also use the wrong type of questions.
They want to use older tests that are better suited for the university’s focus on humanities.
The former students plan to talk to the education minister and have the teachers help decide what questions to ask.
They argue that this would help select the best students for the university.
Presidency Alumni Association to meet Education Minister Bratya Basu regarding undergraduate admission tests.
The association is requesting that Presidency teachers be involved in setting the question papers.
Concerns raised about the quality of questions since the JEE board took over the process in 2015.
Teachers and former students oppose the use of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) for humanities subjects.
The JEE board chairperson questions why Presidency outsourced the admission test process.
- Who
- Presidency Alumni Association, Presidency teachers, Education Minister Bratya Basu, and the JEE board.
- What
- Presidency Alumni Association to meet Education Minister regarding undergraduate admission tests.
- When
- Later this month.
- Where
- Meeting to take place.
- Why
- To request the involvement of Presidency teachers in setting undergraduate admission test question papers.
Presidency University Alumni & Teachers' Perspective
JEE Board's Implied Stance
Question Paper Quality and Suitability
Presidency University Alumni & Teachers' Perspective
They believe the current question papers set by JEE board are of lower quality and not suited for humanities subjects.
JEE Board's Implied Stance
The JEE board likely considers its question papers to be of high quality and designed for broad accessibility.
Question type
Presidency University Alumni & Teachers' Perspective
They want to have subjective questions instead of MCQs.
JEE Board's Implied Stance
The JEE board may favor MCQs for wider reach.
- Organization
- Presidency Alumni Association
- Meeting With
- Education Minister Bratya Basu
- Issue
- Undergraduate Admission Tests
- Concern
- Quality of question papers
- Request
- Involvement of Presidency teachers
- Current Test Provider
- JEE board
- Year JEE board took over
- 2015