JEE 2023According to education ministry sources, the top 20 percentile students of each education board will now be eligible to take admission in IITs and NITs and appear for JEE Advanced even if they have not scored 75 percentile in class 12th. The decision comes in the backdrop of persistent demands to relax the eligibility criteria for JEE Advanced, which requires at least 75 per cent marks in aggregate in class 12 examination conducted by the respective education board.
“The 20 percentile norm will help candidates who score less than 75 percentile aggregate in their class 12 board. Discussions were held and since many of the top 20 percentile candidates in many state boards score 75 percentile marks or less than 350 marks A source said, the ministry decided that if a candidate is in the top 20 percentile then he is eligible.
The online registration for the first edition of JEE-Main will end on January 12. The exam will be conducted from January 24 to 31. According to the JEE Main 2023 Information Bulletin, admission to BE, BTech, BArch or BiPlanning programs in NITs, IIITs through the Central Seat Allocation Board, and CFT is based on additional merit of at least 75 per cent in class 12 examination conducted by the respective education board. Also based on All India Rank.
For SC and ST candidates, the qualifying marks in class 12 board exam is 65 percentile in aggregate. The eligibility criteria were kept on hold during the pandemic (2020, 2021 and 2022).
Meanwhile, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to postpone the JEE Mains exam scheduled for later this month. A division bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep Marne said that postponing the all India exam in response to a public interest litigation would not be appropriate as it would affect lakhs of IIT aspirants.
The PIL was filed by child rights activist Anubha Sahai, who wanted the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main to be postponed till March. The petition challenges the December 15 notification of the National Testing Agency (NTA), which has scheduled the exam from January 24 to January 31, 2023.