Before JEE Main admit card: A look at the major changes introduced in engineering entrance exams this year

National Testing Agency (NTA) is all set to conduct the first session of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) from June 20 to 29. Lakhs of students are expecting their JEE Main admit card which can be released anytime now at jeemain.nta.nic.in.

Before the commencement of the exam and students get busy with the preparation, here is a look at the major changes introduced in JEE Main 2022. From exam center efforts to changes in tie-breaking policy, here are the changes introduced in JEE Main:

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choice of exam city

Giving relief to lakhs of students, NTA has introduced more options of cities. NTA has added 12 new foreign cities in addition to 13 existing cities for JEE Main 2022. Now the candidates applying for the exam will have to select four cities of their choice while applying in which they will be comfortable to appear for JEE Main. Examination However, the choice of center cities will be limited to the permanent address status of the candidate only, claimed the notification.

regional languages

Over the years, NTA has added more regional language options for the applicants. For JEE Main 2021, NTA announced that the exam will be held in 13 languages. These 13 languages ​​are English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Oriya, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. According to NTA officials, the decision to add more languages ​​to the list for JEE Main was taken following a request from the states. However, candidates who Selected regional language allotted exam center In that state. Meanwhile, English, Urdu and Hindi were available in all centers across the country.

less effort

Of the many changes introduced by NTA for JEE Main, not all have been much welcomed by the applicants. One such major change is the reduction in the number of attempts allowed for each candidate. Unlike last year, JEE Main 2022 will be conducted only twice this year, In 2020, JEE Main was conducted in four sessions, due to the spread of coronavirus in country. Before 2020, JEE Main used to have a single session.

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tie-breaking policy

National Testing Agency has changed the tie-breaker rule for JEE Main 2022. now NTA brought back its old policy To break the score ties for the students. Now, if two or more candidates obtain equal marks and the tie is unable to be resolved by Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or by other means including negative marking, preference will be given to the candidate who applied first for JEE Main . over others. The age factor was abolished in the year 2021 but brought back again this year.

new registration process

This year JEE Main registration has been changed. Earlier registration used to be a one step process, but now it has been changed to three steps. At step 1, candidates have to register themselves on the portal to generate their application number and password. In the second step, candidates have to fill the application form including filling personal details, applying for the paper and selecting the exam cities. For the third stage of registration candidates will submit the registration fee.

Another important change is that now candidates will not get a chance to make corrections in their JEE Main 2022 form as there was no correction window and multiple entries, as this facility was withdrawn by NTA.

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