Minimum cut-off in boards for appearing IIT JEE 2009

IIT JEE 2009 organizing committee is mulling whether to enhance the cut-off marks of boards examinations for aspiring IIT JEE students. While the idea may seem right for the organizing committee as they have deal with lesser loads and scrutiny of test papers will be effective and faster but this may prove to be a shocker for the students who used to give lesser importance to boards. It has been seen over the last few years that students after completing their Xth classes head straight to mecca of IIT JEE preparations, Kota and there they enrol themselves in coaching classes and side by side take admissions in some nondescript schools. There have been some success stories but largely there have been failures. IIT mandarins need to wake up and take note of what it is going on in the name of coaching classes. IITs should look to screen raw brilliance than scout for trained minds. Lets see what happens.