180 govt college students to be trained for entrance tests of top research institutions, ETEducation
Chennai: As many as 180 students studying undergraduate and postgraduate physics, maths, and chemistry courses have been shortlisted by the state govt to undergo three months of training to crack entrance tests of top research institutions in the country.
The training for these students will commence in the first week of Dec.
Experienced faculty members will train them to solve problems in physics, chemistry, and maths, answering higher-order thinking questions and previous years’ question papers.
“These students will receive residential coaching for one week in Dec. They will be taught time management, how to approach the questions, and finding answers quickly. It will be followed by online sessions and group discussions,” a source from the higher education department said.
UG students will be given training to appear for IIT JAM (joint admission test for masters), JEST (joint entrance screening test), and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Graduate School (GS) entrance exam. PG students will be given training to crack GATE (graduate aptitude test in engineering), JEST, and NET (national eligibility test).
By cracking these tests, students can get admissions to more than 30 research institutions including the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, Raman Research Institute, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER), TIFR, and IITs.
The Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE) will provide the application fee to apply for these exams. Students will be encouraged to ask doubts and to have group discussions about the problems in their lessons and question papers.
“A majority of students shortlisted for training are women and they are from districts across the state, including Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai and Tirunelveli,” the source added.
Professors and lecturers teaching physics, chemistry, and maths will also be provided similar training opportunities to take analytical questions and solve the problems. A training programme for them is scheduled in Nov.
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