JEE-Advanced test for IITs to be held on July 3

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 7

The JEE-Advanced test for admission to Indian Institutes of Technology will be conducted on July 3 Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal announced on Thursday.

The relaxation in the eligibility criterion pertaining to Class 12 marks will be offered this year too.

The Joint Admission Board (JAB) has shortlisted 2,50,000 students (including all categories) from JEE (Main) 2021 to appear for the JEE (Advanced). In 2021, apart from India, centres likely in Dubai (UAE), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Kathmandu (Nepal) and Singapore.

“After careful consideration, it has been decided that JEE Advanced will be held on July 3, 2021, and the eligibility criteria of scoring 75 per cent marks has been waived off for the ease of students,” the Minister said.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, will organise the exam for admissions in 23 IITs all over the country.

In a meeting of the IIT-JAB, several key decisions have been taken.

Elaborating upon them Prof VK Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur and Chairman, JAB, urged aspirants to focus harder to ensure their success.

“While they might have missed the usual preparation and probably in a more disadvantageous situation compared to those who appeared for the examination in 2020, but looking at the aspirant community as a whole, the competition would remain the same considering the crème de la crème who will be appearing for the examination,” Tewari said.

“I would recommend the parents of students to provide special guidance. They may seek information from various initiatives undertaken by the Education Ministry in this regard. Students should take help from the online resources and aim for the goal like Arjuna’s fish-eye,” he added.

Prof Debashish Chakravarty, organising chairman, JEE (Advanced) 2021, said: “On July 3, the first paper of JEE (Advanced) will start at 9 am and end at 12 noon (IST). The second paper will be conducted from 2.30 to 5.30 pm (IST).

“In 2021, apart from India, JEE (Advanced) centres are likely to be set up also in Dubai (UAE), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Kathmandu (Nepal), and Singapore. JAB decided that the final decision on the conduct of examination at the foreign centre(s), if at all, will depend on the prevailing conditions at the time of JEE (Advanced) 2021,” Chakravarty added.

In 2020, IIT Delhi was the organising institute for JEE (Advanced), in which a total number of 1,60,838 candidates registered for JEE (Advanced) 2020. About 43,204 candidates qualified JEE (Advanced) 2020. The total intake was approximately 16,061.