SHILLONG: The Director of National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya, Bibhuti Bhusan Biswal has lamented that the performance of students in schools and junior colleges in Meghalaya has not been very encouraging.
Speaking at the U Tirot Sing Best Students Award organized by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad here in the city on Saturday, Bibhuti Bhusan Biswal also stated that the 50 percent of the seats in NIT Meghalaya are reserved for the students of the state but the institute is not getting students from the state itself.
He said that the students have to have certain parameters like clearing Joint Entrance Examination – JEE Main and general students must secure 75 per cent in their qualifying exams whereas SC/ST students should secure 65 percent
Stating that the institute has an intake capacity of 150 students out of which 75 students should be from Meghalaya, he however rued that he is not getting the required students from the state.
He also said that he would soon write to the Central Government to reduce the qualifying percentage for the students
He also said that they were planning to increase the intake capacity of NIT, Meghalaya from 150 to 600
Earlier, he said that the spirit of U Tirot sing was linked to the students who are also fighter in their own way even as he urged parents to encourage their children to study in an efficient way.
