JEE Main 2021: 75% eligibility criteria waived off for admission to NITs, IIITs, SPAs & CFTIs
Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main 2026 ( JEE Main )
Exam On - 2 Apr '26 - 8 Apr '26
Ministry of Education has decided to waive off 75% eligibility criteria under Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2021 for admission to NITs, IIITs, SPAs and other CFTIs. Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal has shared the announcement through a tweet today that "considering the decision taken for IIT JEE(Advanced) and in line with the decision taken for the last academic year, it has been decided to waive off the 75% marks (in class 12 exam) eligibility criteria under Joint Entrance Examination (Main) for the next academic year 2021-2022".
Earlier, students have requested Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal to scrap 75 percent eligibility criteria for JEE Main 2021. After the declaration of JEE Main 2021 dates by the Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, students have swarmed his Twitter handle with various requests and queries.
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As per the previous JEE Main 2021 eligibility criteria, candidates should have secured at least 75 percent marks in the Class 12 examination or be in the top 20 percentile in Class 12/qualifying examination conducted by the respective Boards to be eligible for admission. For SC/ST candidates the qualifying marks criteria in JEE Main 2021 was 65 percent in Class 12 /qualifying examination.
JEE Main 2021 will be held in four sessions - February, March, April and May 2021. The application form of JEE Main 2021 is available until January 23 while the payment of application fee can be done til January 24. Candidates will also be given an opportunity to correct mistakes in the JEE Main 2021 application form from January 27 to 31.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 7 hours ago
No, Shetty Institute of Technology does not accept JEE Main. Students do not have to submit JEE scores. Instead, students need to appear for the CET exam. The institute may accept other tests for management quota admissions.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 12 hours ago
SGT University considers JEE Main scores for admission to BTech. Candidates are also selected for BTech courses based on their merit or CUET scores. However, the preference is given to candidates with JEE Main scores.
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Guide-Level 15
Answered Yesterday
For general students 60 marks is not good enough for admission in top NITs or IIITs. 60 marks will be around 80 percentile and will give rank between 1.5 and 2.5 lakhs.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered Yesterday
A score of 70 marks in JEE Mains is considered average to below-average for General category students. This corresponds to a percentile around 88 to 91.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered Yesterday
The JEE Main cutoff score means the minimum percentile needed to qualify for JEE Advanced.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered Yesterday
Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College offers scholarships to BTech students with AIR up to 25,000 in JEE. Hence, JEE Main rank is required for scholarship. Below is the detailed criteria:
| AIR in JEE Examination | Scholarship |
|---|---|
| 1-10,000 | Equivalent to 100% of tuition fees |
| 10,001-15,000 | Equivalent to 75% of tuition fees |
| 15,001-20,000 | Equivalent to 50% of tuition fees |
| 20,001-25,000 | Equivalent to 25% of tuition fees |
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Guide-Level 15
Answered 2 days ago
The JEE Main cutoff for SVNIT Surat has remained somewhat similar in the past three years. Students can refer to the table below to have a better understanding of the cutoff pattern at the SVNIT Surat:
| Course | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTech in Electronics and Communication Engineering | 17208 | 16328 | 17293 |
| BTech in Electrical Engineering | 25025 | 24015 | 25143 |
| BTech in Artificial Intelligence | 12514 | 13273 | 13134 |
| BTech in Electronics and VLSI Engineering | – / – | 19197 | 18945 |
| BTech in Mathematics and Computing | – / – | 12569 | 13533 |
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 days ago
The JEE Main 2026 session 2 results are expected to be released by April 20, as per the official information by NTA.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a week ago
Yes, students have a decent chance of getting admission in RGPV Bhopal with 80 percentile in JEE Main through DTE MP counselling. However, to get admission in top branches, such as CSE, this may not be enough. Students can check the past year cutoffs to know more.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a week ago
Students have the choice to submit scores of either MHT-CET or JEE (Main) entrance exam for BTech admission in HSNC University. So JEE (Main) score is not compulsory for HSNC University BTech admission. If a student does not have a valid score in either MHT-CET as well JEE (Main), then they have to
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Contributor-Level 10
Is JEE Main compulsory for Shetty Institute of Technology admission?