As the candidates are waiting for clarity regarding the dates of the pending medical and engineering entrance exams. Amid all this confusion and suspense, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur has released the information brochures for the JEE-Advance on Saturday. Many of the rules mentioned on the brochure are the same, but due to the pandemic, some of the rules and criteria have been modified.
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One of the tweaked rules stated that the previous year candidates who have cleared JEE Mains but failed to appear for both JEE-Advance papers due to Covid-19 pandemic are allowed to directly register for the JEE-Advance 2021 exam. The brochure claimed, “This is a one-time measure valid only for JEE-Advance 2021. These candidates will be considered in addition to and not as part of the total number of candidates who would qualify from JEE-Mains 2021 for appearing in JEE-Advance 2021.”
As of now, the eligibility criterion for appearance in the JEE-Advance exam was 75% or more in the Class 12 board exams. But now, as the central government has scrapped the board exams therefore for this year the eligibility criterion has been tweaked. The brochure read, “Candidates should have appeared and cleared their class 12 exams and should be among the top 2.5 lakh successful candidates including all categories in JEE-Mains 2021.”
Another change is related to the female quota seats in the IITs across the world. For the last three years, the supernumerary seats were allotted to the female candidates across the IITs of the country. But this year the quota would be different from one institution to another. The brochure said, “The number of supernumerary seats in various programs will be decided by individual IITs ensuring that every institute has at least 20% female enrolment in undergraduate programs.”
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In 2020, the female quota was at 20 percent.
It is expected that the revised dates for JEE Main would be announced soon. It is expected that the pending sessions of JEE Mains exam would be held in July and August and JEE Advance may be conducted in the month of September. The brochure read, “Exam date would be announced soon.”
The dates would be shared by the National Testing Agency (NTA), there is no particular information on the date on the JEE-Advance 2021 information brochure.