50,000 IIT aspirants to compete in JEE finals?
In its recent meet, the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) has accepted the new JEE proposed by the IIT council but wants one modification. It wants to restrict the number of students allowed to take JEE Advanced to top 50,000 students as planned originally. Know more
Under the new format, National Institutes of Technology (NITs) will not be included in the scope of JEE Advanced exam. The 15 IITs offer only about 10,000 seats in all. Hence, IIT-B senate finds that it is reasonable to shortlist only 50,000 students, about five times the number of seats available. Read more
IIT-B senate clarifies that limiting the number of students will mean that conducting the test will become easier and more manageable. IITs have been considering making JEE Advanced a subjective test, instead of an objective test with multiple-choice questions. Having to conduct such a test for 1,50,000 students will need several resources and will be logistically difficult.
The Joint Admission Board will work out the final details about the format of the test and its modalities.
IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi are expected to support IIT Bombay on the issue. See details
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