Modified On Dec 06, 2022 08:55 AM by Nivesh, Views: 8001
JEE Advanced 2023 exams might be different than what it was in the year 2022. The IITs have decided to reinstate the pre-pandemic Class 12 performance criterion for admissions next year as per the sources claimed. This was year 2020 when the IITs had introduced a relaxation regarding the candidates performance in the board exam due to the uncertainty due to the pandemic across the globe. Then the lockdown forced various boards to take the exams online or choose alternate way of performance evaluation. Due to this, the IITs had to give relaxation in the criteria.
With return of normalcy in the schools and the examinations are now being conducted the way they were being conducted pre-pandemic, IITs have brought the same criteria again for the students. In the pandemic the only criteria was that the student must pass in Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and one language.
IITs have now collectively decided to do away with the relaxation of admission requirements regarding Class 12 board exam performance given the return to normalcy in academic life, sources said. Before the pandemic, general category candidates with qualifying rank in JEE (Advanced) were required to have either scored at least 75 per cent in Class 12 or figured in the top 20 percentile of their board results to secure a seat at an IIT.
Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates were required to have either scored at least 65 per cent or fulfil the top 20 percentile requirement. In other words, earlier even an impressive rank in the JEE (Advanced) did not guarantee admission, unless the candidate had also met the board marks criterion.
JEE (Advanced) determines admission to IITs. Even as candidates who are eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) are short-listed based on their performance in the JEE (Main), Class 12 board exam performance has been one of the qualifying criteria.
“During the pandemic, there was much uncertainty over board exams. Board exams were cancelled in almost all states and centrally in one of the years, and in the other two years, the exams had different relaxations to facilitate students, considering online learning and other limitations. As normalcy has returned in board exams and schools started covering the full syllabus again, the qualifying criterion in JEE (Advanced) regarding board marks is going to go back to its original format,” a member of the JAB said.
