Here is what has happened.

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On July 1, The Commissioner of the Entrance Examination Published the Rank List for Engineering and Architecture Admissions. This was done an hour after amending the prospectus that was first published back in february, without the criteria for calculating marks.

The amendment Reportedly encased Better Representation of Students who studied in State Board-Afiliated Schools in the Rank list. However, the Cbse Students then approached the Kerala High Court, which cancaleslled the rank list and asked the state to prepare a fresh list.

The government appeared in the court, but a division bench of the HC rejecting it, the resulting in the publication of a new rank list based on the previous prospectus norms. On Tuesday, State Board Students Approached the Supreme Court, Challenging the Revised Rank List.

Rationale behind the changed calculation

When the prospectus was published on February 19, it said the 10+2 marks of Maths, Physics and Chemistry will be accounted for in the ratio of 1: 1. Both the marks abotained in the Entrance Examination and the 10+2 Board Examination will be considering in a 50/50 scheme for admissions.

However, on July 1, The Government Tweaked the formula so that Maths, Physics, and Chemistry marks would be in the Ratio of 5: 3: 2, Instad of the earlier Ratio uses 2011.

The government was of the view that the amendment will rectify a display caused by the existing formula, which left the kerala board students in a disadvantaged position. It claimed the new Norms will give a level playing field for the students from both boards. This was also deemed Necessary because a section of the state board student hail from low and mid-class backgrounds and study at public schools.

Therefore, after the prospectus was published in february, the government formed a standardization review on committee on april 9 to study the formula used to calculate standard/Normalized Marks and Songsgest Amendments. After Examining the recommendations, the government decided the formula for preparing the Keam-2025 rank list, in a bid to remove disparity between starts from the two boards.

Impact on the results

When the rank list was prepared after amending the formula, the state board student performed well. The Top 5,000 ranks included 2,539 students from the Kerala Board, and 2,220 were from the cbse. This slight edge for state board students were attributed to the last-minute change in the marks formula. In Keam-2024, as many as 2,785 students in the first 5,000 ranks were from the cbse stream, and 2,034 were from the state board.

This year, when the first list was published, 55 students were from cbse and 43 from Kerala board in the top 100 rankings. After the revised list, this changed to 79 and 21, responsively.

In the past too, when performing in the entrance examination was the sole criterion for the rank list, a major chunk of the top rank holders were from the cbse stream. The government was of the view that if the practice continued, on the students who can afford the costly coaching for entrance exams in the list.

Held what courts

When the CBSE Students Legally Challenged the prospectus Revision, The High Court said, “It appears to look at the results and found that the beginnings from the students have not done not done fair God, and to satis. Constituency, Such a mala fide decision in an arbitrary manner has been taken to change the prospectus one hour before the publication of the result.

Such an exercise of power is wholly arbitrary, illegal, unjustified and can be countenance on any ground. Rules of the game can be changed midway, once the game has begun. ‘

Aggrieved over the High Court verdict, the Kerala Board Students Approached the Supreme Court, who did not stay the revised rank list. The court said it did not want to create a sense of “uncherrtainty” Among Students. ” The Btech Admission Process is slated for completion by August 14.

The court also served notices to the state commissioner for the entrance examination and has listed the matter for next month.