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NATA Made Mandatory For Architecture Students Anywhere In The Country, In Any University or college
By Dikshit Dass, Section Notice Board
In a major step that affects the future of many architecture students, National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) has been made into a mandatory requirement for getting admission into an architecture programme anywhere in the country, in any university or college. The council of architecture (COA) took this decision in their executive council meeting, which was held on March 21, 2007. The meeting decided that NATA should be made compulsory for all architectural institutions in the country from the academic session 2007-2008 for admission to the first year of five-year degree course in Architecture.
Sources within the COA inform that architectural institutions all over the country participated in NATA and about 8,500 students appeared in the test for admission to a B.Arch for the session 2007-08. Many institutions, including NITs, have shown their willingness to join the test while many state governments have already conveyed their consent to participate in NATA from the next academic session. The NATA test has been held by the COA through its academic unit - the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture (NIASA) at Pune for admission to the first year of a five-year B.Arch. NATA is an online examination devised to fulfil the mandatory requirement of holding an aptitude test prior to admission to five-year B.Arch. degree course, as prescribed under the COA's Minimum Standards of Architectural Education Regulations, 1983.
For the academic session of 2008-2009, NATA is being conducted by COA for admission to first year of five-year B.Arch degree course at all COA approved architectural institutions in the country (including NITs, IITs, government institutions, government aided institutions, universities, deemed universities and private universities established by a Central or State Legislature and other private institutions). It shall be mandatory for every candidate seeking admission to five-year B.Arch. The course in any COA approved architectural institution in the country to obtain valid NATA score in addition to any other selection procedure whether based on common entrance examination or marks obtained in the qualifying examination. The evaluation through NATA shall be a mandatory requirement for candidates for eventual registration as an architect on successful completion of a five-year B.Arch degree course. Further, any aptitude test conducted by individual institution or by any agency or the authority holding a common entrance examination, where such common entrance examination is mandated, shall no longer be valid for the purposes of admission to COA approved architectural institutions in such states. It may be pertinent to mention that the Supreme Court of India, in its order on February 29 in SLP(C) No. 3964 of 2008, has granted stay to the interim order by Bombay High Court in WP No. 5004 of 2007, filed by the Marathwada Mitra Mandal's College of Architecture, which had challenged the authority of COA to conduct NATA for all the institutions.
Source: Tribune News Service April-13-2008
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