mumbai with the centre expected to take a decision on giving 40 weightage to std xii scores for admission to iits and other centrally funded engineering institutes the council of boards of school education cobse discussed the possibilities of having a normalization process in assessing students from all state boards on thursday as different boards in the country vary in their evaluation process their representatives met in delhi to discuss possible ways to normalize their scores visavis the 40 weightage an official said as all the boards have their own criteria for assessment there should be some way to get uniform scores if the centre decides to give 40 weightage to std xii scores across the country there should be a method to normalize the scores from all boards including the central board there have been different suggestions such as counting only the physicschemistrymathematics pcm marks for admission but nothing has been finalized before the system of entrance exams started in the country admission to all engineering colleges was given on the basis of pcm marks on the other hand admission to all medical courses was given on the basis of pcb biology scores relying on the pcmpcb scores could be one of the solutions another suggestion involved having a varied list of combinations from which the state boards could pick a process that suited their requirements the centre has called a meetingof the education ministers of all states to further discuss the issue and seek their approvals thursdays meeting also discussed how the importance of school education was waning among students an official said there was a lot of emphasis on entrance exams but students were not worried about attending classes most of the competitive tests had multiplechoice questions and there was little stress on board exams which were more subjective and indepth added the official cbse chairperson vineet joshi and maharashtra state board of secondary and higher secondary education chairperson sarjerao jadhav were among those who attended the meeting the centre is expected to decide on giving 40 weightage to std xii scores for admission to engineering institutes