MHRD’s official statement about JEE: JEE Advanced to be objective

Putting an end to the speculations about the new JEE pattern, MHRD finally issued an official notification on August 14^th.

Here are the highlights of the notice:

1. JEE 2013 would be in two parts – JEE Main and JEE Advanced.

2. JEE Mains: A board (called JEE Apex Board) has been constituted by MHRD. Ashok Mishra (former director, IIT Mumbai), would chair this board. Other members include Chairman of CBSE, representatives from MHRD, AICTE and different states (where IITs are located). This board would be responsible for conducting JEE Mains. Around 15 lakh students are expected to appear for this exam. It would be an objective exam (difficulty level comparable to AIEEE’s)

3. JEE Advanced: Expected to be conducted on June 2^nd, this exam would be objective (pattern and difficulty level same as IIT JEE 2012). 1.5 students would appear for it. This has come as a relief to students as they won’t have to change their preparation techniques.IIT Kharagpur would conduct JEE Advanced in 2013, with aid from the other IITs (according to a ‘Times of India’ report).

4. Advanced paper would have the same pattern as IIT JEE 2012, i.e. there would be two sessions (on the same day) testing students’ advanced PCM concepts.

5. Admission in IITs: For IITs, as decided earlier, the top 1.5 lakh scorers of Main exams (who are in the top 20 percentile bracket of their respective boards in terms of class 12 scores) would appear for the Advanced exam. After fulfilling the two criteria, the admission would totally depend on a student’s Advanced exam score.

6. State Engineering Colleges: If states wish to use the JEE scores to admit students in their regional colleges, then a separate merit list would be issued to them.

7. Paper can be in regional language on a state’s demand.

8. The 1.5 lakh students selected after the main exam would be from all categories, and not from open category. The percentage break-up for different categories is not known yet.

9. Board improvement exam: 2012 board candidates can appear for a board improvement exam in 2013, the arrangements for which would be made by their respective boards.

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