Following IIT-JEE and other tests, NID's entrance exam to give weightage of 70 marks to multiple choice questions from 15 till last year
Ditching its decade-old prac tice of testing applicants' creativity and design incli nations, the National Insti tute of Design (NID) is all set to change its entrance test method and follow the one used by IITs. Design Aptitude Test (DAT), as it is known, will now have two specific sections -Section A to have multiple choice questions (MCQs) worth 70 marks, and Section B to have subjective questions 30 marks.While many feel that NID's entrance exam may be good news for the examinees, many others feel that it may not be the same for the NID. As per tutors and students who appeared for the test, the MCQs earlier used to be of 15 marks only, while other questions focused on testing students creativity, designing abilities, process, visualisation etc.
“NID is known for its design education and its entrance test aims at evaluating creative talents. The new DAT format is in lines with those for medical and engineering courses -where MCQs are worth 70 marks.While the examinees may find the new format as easy, it may be of little help to NID,“ said Bhanwarsingh Rathore, who has been training candidates aspiring to get admitted in NID.
Claiming that there is no change in the pattern, head of NID's admis sion committee Tarun Deep Girdher said, “The method (of asking questions) may have changed, but the content is going to remain the same as NID had been following for years.There is no change in the exam pattern.“
However, many argue that if MCQs don't help in judging creative talent of candidates, it may affect the quality of students' inflow in the premier institute. “The problem doesn't end here. The admission committee had uploaded the new paper format a month ago. This may not have given the candidates adequate time to prepare for the aptitude test. NID should have been informed the aspiring students at least a year ago,“ said a source close to development.
A student in NID's foundation programme claimed that the new format will hardly deter any talented examinee from proving his creative acumen. “MCQs can not be taken lightly; they are tough at times. We have to choose an answer from four options, which are many a time tricky. One has to be very sharp and smart to choose the right option. Surely, more MCQs means more competition and equally good students,“ the source added.
Registrar Vijaya Deshmukh, who handled DAT until last year, said she would not like to comment on the change and is not involved in the admission process.
Pravin Mishra, an NID alumnus from 1998 to 2002, said, “Change in the method of DAT is necessary to filter the best talent. However, the new system will leave very little scope to evaluate the creative potential of students. Creative people are not only different from ordinary ones, but they are different from each other as well.The new system will not only ensure that the fine talents get a place in NID, but also that the selected ones are oneof-a-kind.“ Mishra is now an associate professor and director at Crafting Creative Communication at MICA.
“NID is known for its design education and its entrance test aims at evaluating creative talents. The new DAT format is in lines with those for medical and engineering courses -where MCQs are worth 70 marks.While the examinees may find the new format as easy, it may be of little help to NID,“ said Bhanwarsingh Rathore, who has been training candidates aspiring to get admitted in NID.
Claiming that there is no change in the pattern, head of NID's admis sion committee Tarun Deep Girdher said, “The method (of asking questions) may have changed, but the content is going to remain the same as NID had been following for years.There is no change in the exam pattern.“
However, many argue that if MCQs don't help in judging creative talent of candidates, it may affect the quality of students' inflow in the premier institute. “The problem doesn't end here. The admission committee had uploaded the new paper format a month ago. This may not have given the candidates adequate time to prepare for the aptitude test. NID should have been informed the aspiring students at least a year ago,“ said a source close to development.
A student in NID's foundation programme claimed that the new format will hardly deter any talented examinee from proving his creative acumen. “MCQs can not be taken lightly; they are tough at times. We have to choose an answer from four options, which are many a time tricky. One has to be very sharp and smart to choose the right option. Surely, more MCQs means more competition and equally good students,“ the source added.
Registrar Vijaya Deshmukh, who handled DAT until last year, said she would not like to comment on the change and is not involved in the admission process.
Pravin Mishra, an NID alumnus from 1998 to 2002, said, “Change in the method of DAT is necessary to filter the best talent. However, the new system will leave very little scope to evaluate the creative potential of students. Creative people are not only different from ordinary ones, but they are different from each other as well.The new system will not only ensure that the fine talents get a place in NID, but also that the selected ones are oneof-a-kind.“ Mishra is now an associate professor and director at Crafting Creative Communication at MICA.
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