India is known to be among one of the countries with the highest number of college pre-entrance exams. Indeed, Indian students need to have a clear idea of what studies they want to pursue right after they graduate high school. However, the hardest part is not choosing the course. The tough part is passing the pre-entrance examination. Candidates are selected based on their performance, scores and ranking on these tests. Most colleges and universities in India require such examinations to be taken for admission to diploma courses, post diploma courses, undergraduate courses, postgraduate course, as well as fellowship programs. Even professional courses require Pre-Entrance exams. There are a few reasons why pre-entrance exams are emphasized upon in the Indian society. In fact, they have several scopes.
The world is now a global village. In earlier ages, interstate trade was considered competitive. Nowadays, international trade has taken over. This has given birth to a highly competitive and fierce global market. Every country wants to benefit from a certain transaction and of course, it wants its share of profit. Pre-entrance exams ensure that our generation has the educational foundation necessary to compete in such a market. Indeed, pre-entrance exams provide the opportunity to lay a well-built foundation in education. Only the best candidates are selected and the others need to work harder to make it to that educational institute.
India has a high population and the current trend indicates the same pattern for the future generation. In terms of education, it means colleges and tertiary institutes receive a significantly high number of applications every year. All Indian students wish to get admission into the best law schools, the most prestigious medical schools, the most advanced engineering schools and the most reputable management institutions. However, due to a limited number of seats in these institutes, it is not possible for every single applicant to be accommodated. Therefore, pre-entrance exams are a way of sorting out applicants. It is not meant to undermine any applicant. Still, a selection needs to be done and only the best candidates are chosen.
For a student to successfully complete a course, he must possess some basic skills and a certain level of ability. Conducting the pre-entrance exams allows the college or university authorities to determine whether an applicant will indeed be able to complete a certain course. For instance, an applicant with poor mathematical skills and grades will most probably perform very badly in an engineering course. Similarly, a student who scored poorly on the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is unlikely to perform well in a management course. The same goes for aspiring medical students. The All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Exam (AIPMT) helps to determine whether an aspiring student is suitable for medical courses or not. There are specific pre-entrance exams for specific courses to judge the students’ compatibility to the course.
Besides having the required knowledge and ability to perform well in a course, students also need to have a certain level of sharpness. Any student can memorize his notes and reproduce these on paper. However, pre-entrance exams are set in such a way that sharpness is also tested. Sharpness is the skill a student requires to work under stress and pressure and still come up with an excellent answer. Therefore, examiners judge the student’s sharpness level by analyzing how the student performed in harder sections of the examinations or sections where a tight time limit was provided. This skill determines how the applicant will perform under examination conditions. For law school applications, sharpness is especially emphasized. It is thought that an applicant needs to be very sharp to succeed at law school.
Applicants often mistakenly believe that pre-entrance exams are meant to undermine them or show them their real worth. It is not at all the case. In fact, pre-entrance examinations are meant to help applicants determine their stand by themselves. The scores and ranking are tools that should be used by the applicants to make the right course selection. For example, if a student performs badly at State Medical Entrance Exams, he can still choose a different career path that will suit him better. The pre-entrance examinations scores should serve as a guide, both for the college authorities and for the applicant on a personal level.
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