THE INDIAN Institutes of Technology (IITs) on Friday decided to drop the Class 12 performance criterion for admissions this year, while the discussion on a “one-time
change in the format of JEE (Advanced) due to COVID 19 out-break” remained unresolved.
According to sources, another meeting of the Joint Admission Board (JAB) will be held next week to decide whether a change
in the examination format is warranted. JAB is the top decision-making body on JEE (Advanced) and has directors of all IITs and representatives of the HRD Ministry as its members.
Usually, a general category rank holder should have either scored at least 75% or figure a top 20 percentile Board results to secure a seat at an IIT.
SC/ST candidates should have either scored at least 65% or fulfill the top 20 percentile requirement.
On Friday, the JAB approved the
proposal on dropping the Board exam
criterion.
Announcing the decision on Twitter on behalf of the IITs, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said the Board exam criterion had been relaxed “due to partial cancellation of Class 12 exams by several Boards”.
The JAB meeting on Friday also discussed the feasibility of holding JEE (Advanced) in centres abroad “in the context of restrictions imposed by COVID 19 outbreak”. According to sources,a decision on this will be taken
at JAB meeting next week.
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