Context: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) 's recent move to remove the mandatory requirement of Physics and Maths for eligibility in technical Education provides flexibility.
Background: A Working Group under the chairmanship of KK Aggarwal was constituted in 2019 to relook at the entry-level subject criteria and include subjects other than physics, chemistry and mathematics for the entrance exams to undergraduate courses in engineering and technology.
Positive aspects of the move:
Conclusion: AICTE rules thus, does not undermine the importance of PCM and does not undermine the importance of entrance exams or the autonomy of universities in the selection procedure. Rather, the new concept for admissions should be to test aptitude rather than subject knowledge.