Number of applications for JEE Main 2016 drop by 1 lakh

Number of applications for JEE Main 2016 drop by 1 lakh!

Number of applications for JEE Main 2016 has gone down by one lakh as compared to a total number of registrations in 2015. According to a recent report, over 12.07 lakh students registered for JEE Main 2016 till last week. Last year, 13.04 lakh students had registered for the exam. CBSE board, the conducting body, has been recording a decline in the number of registrations since JEE Main 2015, where the applications received were 50,000 less in comparison to 2014, where around 13.56 lakh students had registered.

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Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have recorded the highest number of applicants in the country for 2016. However, according to some reports, the number of applicants from Maharashtra has gone down as compared to last year.

Vinod Tawde, who was the State higher and technical education minister for JEE Main till last year, has reportedly withdrawn himself from the test in 2016. It is believed that the state’s decision to start its own entrance test (MHT-CET) for engineering is the main reason behind the drop in number of applications in JEE entrance.

Some experts also believe that students these days have more options when it comes to choosing a profession and so they tend to lose interest in courses like engineering. “Students are moving towards more fancy courses such as design, law, hotel management, maritime,” said an official.

While some officials think it’s the state’s CET affecting the number of registrations for JEE Main 2016, many believes that the changes made in Central test pattern would have discouraged students from applying for the exam. Currently, both JEE rank and school board marks are used for admissions to top engineering institutes.

JEE Main is a national-level joint entrance examination conducted by CBSE for admissions to technical institutions such as IITs, NITs, and other participating colleges. According to an IIT official, this year the IITs will be shortlisting top 2 lakh candidates of JEE Main 2016 to appear for JEE (Advanced), for admissions to IITs and ISM.

JEE Main 2016 will be held in two parts i.e. offline and online. While the offline exam is scheduled on April 3, 2016, online test will be conducted on April 9 and 10, 2016.  Check JEE Main 2016 important dates here!

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