Berhampur seeks AIEEE centre

BERHAMPUR: Several professionals have appealed for the setting up of an All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) centre in the town from next year. They said Berhampur was the biggest town in southern Orissa and the centre will be a boon to aspirants from the seven districts of Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangapur and Malkanagiri.

At present, Bhubaneswar has the only AIEEE centre in the state. In a letter to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the appellants said students from southern Orissa found it very difficult to travel and stay in Bhubaneswar. "A large number of students from the southern districts appear for AIEEE every year. The distance of Bhubaneswar from Malkanagiri is over 600 km and poor students cannot afford to travel such a long distance to appear for the entrance examination," said the letter, which was signed by lecturers, doctors, engineers and businessmen.

They said Berhampur had the infrastructure to host the examination. There were more than twenty intermediate colleges in the city besides some engineering schools. About 20,000 students are enrolled in these institutions," they added. Several other entrance examinations including Orissa Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), railway recruitment examination and banking service commission examination were held in the city, they said.

Source: TimesofIndia