Super 30 founder Anand Kumar with Union human resource development minister Kapil Sibal in New Delhi. Telegraph picture

Super 30 founder Anand Kumar is game for computerised checking of the answers to the proposed subjective question paper for the IIT-JEE.

“Different teachers might award different marks for the same answer in a subjective test. A computerised checking would rule out such a possibility,” Anand said, giving a reason for his stand on the proposed change.

At a time when talks of changes in IIT entrance examinations have taken centrestage with the government thinking of giving importance to performance of students at the Plus Two-level and reducing their dependence on coaching institutions, Anand put forward his views keeping interests of students in rural areas in mind. Anand shared his views with Union human resource development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal during a meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday evening.

While interacting with the minister, Anand batted for setting up of a joint team of subject experts from CBSE and IIT for preparing questions for the IIT entrance examination.

“I am of the opinion that the gap between the standard of education imparted at the Plus Two-level and the questions asked in IIT-JEE is huge. Setting up of a joint team would address this issue and help students. Else, they would have to depend on specialised coaching for cracking the entrance examination as the questions asked in the JEE are based on topics outside the Plus Two syllabus,” Anand told The Telegraph on Wednesday over phone from Delhi.

Praising the efforts of the HRD ministry to reduce the students’ dependence on coaching institutions, Anand said the idea of giving weightage to the Plus Two examination marks and introducing aptitude tests would, in fact, increase dependence on such institutions.

“I told the minister that this change would lead to growth of three kinds of coaching institutions — one to guide students for fetching high marks at Plus Two, another to train them for aptitude tests and one more last to clear the main papers of the entrance examination,” Anand said.

“I suggested introduction of a common test for physics, chemistry and mathematics for all students, which should be based on the common points of syllabi followed by 36 different boards in the country. Forty per cent weightage should be given to marks obtained in this test. Implementation of this suggestion would rule out the possibilities of any discrimination,” Anand added.

He termed his meeting with Sibal a very productive one and thanked the Union minister for giving a patient hearing to his views.