JEE Main Eligibility

Hi Muazzam Ali,
As per the official website of Joint Entrance Examination (Main) the eligibility for appearing in JEE (Main) is:
Year of Appearance in Qualifying Examination (QE):
Only those candidates who have passed their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2012 or 2013; or those who are appearing in their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2014 are eligible to appear in JEE (Main) - 2014. Candidates who passed Class 12th/Qualifying examination in 2011 or before as well as those who will appear in such examination in 2015 or later are not eligible to appear in JEE (Main)-2014. Candidates who appeared in class 12th/equivalent qualifying Examinations in 2011, did not pass in 2011, but passed in 2012 are also not eligible to appear in
JEE (Main) 2014.
For more, kindly refer to the below link:
http://jeemain.nic.in/jeemainapp/pdf/JEE_Main_bulletin_2014_19_12_13.pdf
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Hi,
Thanks for the tag.
As per the official website :
" To be eligible for JEE Advanced :
The IIT Council has clearly spelt out the eligibility criteria for students who have given their XII Boards in 2013, for those who are writing betterment in 2014 and for those who are writing their XII boards for the first time in 2014 and for foreign nationals.
* For Students who Passed Their Class XII Board Exam in 2013 :
The eligibility criteria for joining any of the IITs or ISM Dhanbad will be 60% marks in their 12th Board or equivalent (55% for SC/ST/PD candidates).
* For Students Who Passed their Class XII Board Exam in 2013 but are reappearing the Boards in 2014 to improve their performance:
1.60% rule will apply if they use their 2013 Board exam results
2.Top 20 percentile' rule will apply if they use their 2014 Board exam results.
This will be a one-time exception for JEE (Advanced) 2014 only.
* For Students Who give their Class XII Board Exams for First Time in 2014 :
It is 'top 20 percentile of the successful candidates' in their Boards, category-wise. This will be a one-time exception for JEE (Advanced) 2014 only.
* For Students Where Percentile Score is Not Available From Testing Agencies :
In case the percentile score is not available from testing agencies [such as Pre-University exam conducted by a University, two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy, General Certificate Education examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka), High School Certificate Examination of Cambridge University, International Baccalaureate Diploma (Geneva), Senior Secondary School Examination of National Institute of Open Schooling, three year Diploma recognized by AICTE / State Board of Technical Education and any Public School/Board/University examination in India or in any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU)] , the CBSE score for top 20 percentile of the successful candidates in the student's category will be used. "
You may visit the official website for specific details.
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