As per the new format, IIT council decided that ONLY top 20% students, in their respective class 12th board examination, will be considered for the final merit list prepared for IIT admission. However, the students are confused on the cut-off percentage required to make into the top 20% of their boards. JEEHelpline Team is also receiving a large number of queries on the top 20 percentile marks for different school boards. We have a good news for all those confused students. In a meeting of school boards across India, Council …Read More
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IIT Faculty Federation Seeks Scrapping of New JEE
June 14, 2012
News
In today’s meeting with PMO officials, All India IIT Faculty Federation (AIIITFF) opposed the newly proposed common entrance test for admission to IITs. As we reported that, faculty and alumni representatives sought a meeting with prime minister, Mr. Manmohan Singh, to request him to interfere in the matter and resolve the issues. On 31st May 2012, the faculty members cited Articles 28 (a) and 29 (1) of the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 which states that as far as the decision on admission standards is concerned, the IIT senate’s word …Read More
Is ISEET Confirmed ? Uncertainty Still Prevails
June 4, 2012
ISEET 2013
There has been enough news articles and statements that a common entrance examination is approved to be held from 2013. As per a press release by HRD Ministry, “A Joint Entrance Examination for admission to the undergraduate programmes in engineering would be conducted in two parts, JEE-MAIN and JEE-ADVANCED. The proposed changes will be effective from the year 2013.”. However, the voices of descent are growing louder and bigger. The alumni members of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are exploring options to move to court to prevent the introduction …Read More
Confusion Over OBC Minority Quota in IITs
May 29, 2012
IIT
We informed few days back that OBC minority students will be given admission through the newly introduce quota of 4.5% for this year in all the IITs and other centrally funded institutes. However, the recent events has raise a doubt over the implementation of this quota for current academic year. In Dec 2011, HRD ministry asked all institutions under it to implement the quota for admission to 2012 seats. After this directions, IITs asked the students to submit a declaration/undertaking stating that they belong to OBC(NCL) – Minority category and …Read More
Attention: Special Provision to Allow Improvement in Class 12th Board Marks in 2013
May 28, 2012
CBSE
We have been receiving lots of queries from students who appeared for board examination in 2011 and 2012 but could not get good score. They may remain at loss as the new format for IIT admission will use class 12th marks for preparing the merit list. But here is the good news, in 2013 CBSE will allow these students to appear for improvement in their class 12th marks through a special provision. As per a press release from HRD, “Those students who have appeared in the Class XII Board examinations …Read More
Latest Press Release by HRD on JEE
May 28, 2012
News
The Joint Councils of IITs, NITs & IIITs considered various views that had emerged during the process of consultations. A strong body of opinion amongst the members of the Council was that the importance of the schooling system has to be revived in the larger public interest by giving due weightage to the performance of students in the Class XII Board examinations and at the same time maintaining the credibility and integrity of admissions to higher educational institutions. After detailed deliberations following consensus emerged:-(i) A Joint Entrance Examination for admission …Read More
Sure Admission for OBC Minority (NCL) Short Listed Students in IITs
May 24, 2012
IIT
Here is the good news for students under OBC Minority category (non creamy layer). This is the first year for implementation of special 4.5% sub-quota for OBC minority community and this will be implemented to admission for IITs this year. The sub-quota was announced last year, ahead of Assembly elections in five states. As per a news article by The Telegraph, IIT-JEE chairman G.B. Reddy siad “We have reserved 434 seats out of the 9,647 total seats in the 15 IITs, IT-BHU and ISM Dhanbad for non-creamy-layer OBC minority students. …Read More