NOTE:This part(in blue colour) is being written on 9th March 2012.
According to the proposed new Admission Policy, for admission to Engineering and Medical courses in India(which is likely to be implemented from next year),the marks obtained by a student in his/her 12th board exam will be a very important factor in deciding the admission of the student to an Engineering or a Medical college. In the light of this new proposed Admission Policy, the plan-of-study suggested by me in this article and the Part-2 of this article has become more relevant than before.
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In India,the moment a student passes out of 10^th std., and takes science in 11^th/12^th, he receives a big shock.The way different subjects are developed in 11^th are so different from that in 10^th that many students get totally overwhelmed. But after one or two months most students get used to the new syllabus.Even then the preparation of IIT/PMT seems impossible to many.Different people respond differently to this seemingly tough situation.But my experience as a teacher ( I have been teaching PHYSICS/MATHS to 11^th/12^th students of science in Delhi in the sector of tuition/coaching for the last several years!) says that there is no need to panic at all.

A student should divide the work of IIT/PMT preparation into two stages.

STAGE ONE:
Initially students should simply concentrate on the basic NCERT syllabus. NCERT books are very good for basic concept building.They are also not very lengthy.So one can easily finish the entire 11^th + 12^thsyllabus in eight to nine months, if one is sincere.During this stage, while they are studying NCERT texts, students should practice MCQ problem solving from any popular private publication books e.g. Pradeep,Dinesh etc.For really speedy completion of syllabus according to this plan, personal home tuition may be taken in each subject.In this way, within the first eight-nine months of 11^th class, the entire +2 syllabus will be completed at the basic level along with some good amount of problem solving practice for the students.I would also like to emphasize that students should also make it their habbit to keep revising what they have already studied at regular intervals(say,on weekly basis).

Many students take admission in big coachings in the beginning of the class 11^th . Most such students never get selected in any IIT/PMT institution.Why?!.... Very simple!. In these coachings, in the name of advanced preparation, blind problem solving is promoted.There, basic concepts are not taught properly, and just formulae are discussed as part of theory teaching.Then right away, very tough questions are introduced to be solved.These questions generally pass over the head of most students.The teacher solves those questions in the class or sometimes students are given printed solutions of the assignments from their institute.Students try to learn those solutions without learning the art that "How to solve a new question by applying systematic thinking to it with the help of basic concepts?" Click here to read the Part-2 of this article