A total of 43 students, including one female candidate, scored a perfect 100 percentile in the Joint Entrance Examination (Mains), which is almost double the number of last year. For this reason, the cutoff of JEE (Advanced) has also increased this year.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the results on Saturday. According to NTA, the cut-off for JEE (Advanced) for general category is 90.77, which was 88.41 last year. For those belonging to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category, it is 75.62, which is much higher than 63.11 last year. For OBC/SC/ST categories it is 73.61, 51.97 and 37.23, which is higher than last year’s 67, 43.08 and 26.77.
To appear for JEE (Advanced) candidates must be among the top 2.5 lakh successful candidates of JEE (Main). Only candidates who meet the cut-off of JEE (Advanced) can appear for it. Registration for JEE (Advanced) will start from 30 April.
There is a significant increase in the number of students scoring 100 percentile this year as compared to last year when only 24 students got perfect scores. In 2021, the number of students with 100 percentile was 44, the reason for which was said to be conducted in four sessions instead of two in view of the Kovid-19 pandemic.
University Grants Commission chairman M Jagadesh Kumar attributed the hike this year to students being able to prepare well, as the pandemic waned years later.
“Probably, students are preparing increasingly well now that Covid is upon us. However, we need to observe it over a few years to come to a firm conclusion,” said Kumar.
JEE (Main) is conducted in two sessions. This year, the first session was conducted in January while the second session was conducted in April. According to NTA data, out of 43 candidates who scored 100 percentile, 11 were from Telangana (highest from a single state), five each from Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan, four from Uttar Pradesh, three each from Karnataka and Gujarat, two from Gujarat – There are two. Maharashtra and Delhi while one each from Haryana, Chandigarh, West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Of these, only one female candidate Ridhi Kamlesh Kumar Maheshwari from Karnataka has secured 100 percentile. Last year two girl students scored perfect percentile. Out of the total candidates who secured 100 percentile, seven are from Other Backward Classes Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) category, three are from Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category while one student is from Scheduled Caste (SC) category.
Students from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Persons with Disabilities (PWD) categories were not included in the top scorers list. Five students from each of these categories landed in the next best, 99th percentile (with a difference of scores for each).
JEE (Main) exam is conducted for admission to various engineering institutes and courses, including centrally funded technical colleges/universities, National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IITs). In addition, this exam is one of the eligibility criteria for JEE (Advanced) exam, on the basis of which admission to the premier IITs is secured.
There was an increase in the number of overall registrations for the exam. A total of 11,62,398 students registered for JEE (Main) out of which 11,13,325 appeared. Last year 10,26,799 students had registered out of which 9,05,590 appeared for the exam.
A total of 7,74,359 male candidates while 3,38,963 female candidates appeared for the exam this year. Last year this figure was 6,48,555 males and 2,57,031 females. NTA has withheld the result of 15 candidates for using “unfair means”.
JEE (Main) was conducted across 457 centers in 325 cities, including 23 cities outside India, including Toronto, Beijing, Dubai and Singapore. Centers were established for the first time in Brasilia, Toronto, Berlin, Paris and Oslo.
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