KOCHI: The parents and students are not happy with the Kerala High Court verdict on the admission method for engineering courses. “Justice has been delayed and denied to more than thousands of students,” they said. The High Court has held that the method of admission adopted for engineering courses during the current academic year prima facie does not appear to be rational or scientific. While dismissing the petition challenging the reforms introduced this year a Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice C N Ramachandran Nair and Justice P S Gopinathan said that it did not proceed to examine it as it might destabilise the admission given to over 15,000 students. “We notice that the impression given in the court is that the present method is not going to continue for the next year,” the court said. A parent from Thiruvananthapuram said, “We are not against normalisation but the method followed is unscientific. This was a hasty move without any in depth study and the future of many students are at stake,” he said.“The spot admissions which are being held is not transparent and nobody gets to know of it. I had to send my daughter to Adi Sankara College by paying Rs 60,000,” said a parent of a meritorious student from Thrissur. “I was placed 651 in the entrance rank list but after normalisation my rank came down to 891. I wanted to do mechanical engineering but had to opt for electrical,” said, Krishnanunni, a student.“The term ‘impression’ in the verdict is vague. We want the government to conduct a detailed study on the issue and come out with a concrete stand on the admission procedure to be followed in 2012-13,” CBSE, ICSE Parents Forum convener Sanal Kumar said.Most of the recommendations put forth by the Entrance Reforms Committee were not considered. “We were not taken into confidence before publishing the rank list. What they can do now is to give parallel ranking by looking at which position he or she could have occupied, without chopping the marks,” said M P Chandrasekharan, founder- director of NIT and dean, Amrita School of Engineering.As for the method to be adopted next year commissioner of Entrance Examinations B S Mavoji said, “We have appointed an expert committee to examine the issue and the government would take a decision based on its recommendations and the prospectus will be out in January.” “A committee headed by principal secretary, HSE will be meeting next week to discuss the issue,” HSE director V M Sunanda Kumar said.
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