New Delhi:
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ announced relaxation in admission criteria for NITs, IIITs, SPAs and centrally funded technical institutions (CFTIs) by waiving off requirement of 75 per cent marks in Class 12.
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Earlier, only students who scored a minimum 75 per cent marks in the Class 12 board exams or in their qualifying examinations were eligible for admission to BE / BTech / BArch / BPlanning courses in NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs. 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 in respect of NITs, IIITs, SPAs and other CFTIs, whose admissions are based on JEE (Main), Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal tweeted.
JEE Main 2021: NTA extends last date of application, check details
The NTA had earlier informed the students that JEE Main 2021 would be held four times this year in the months of February, March, April, and May. The admit cards are generally released four to ten days before the date of the exam. (File image)
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Updated: Jan 17, 2021, 11:52 AM IST
JEE Main 2021: In a relief for the students applying for engineering courses this year, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has come out with an extension of the last date to apply for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main in 2021. The last date for filling online applications was January 16 but it has been extended and the last date to apply for JEE Main 2021 is now January 24.
In May last year, the Chinese People s Liberation Army unilaterally tried to change the status quo at multiple locations along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh.
75% percent eligibility criteria scrapped: Education Minister
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JEE Advanced Exam Centres 2021
The authorities are likely to conduct the examination at 222 JEE Advanced exam cities. Candidates will be required to enter their preferred JEE Advanced 2021 exam centres while filling the application form. Candidates can refer to the following table to check the zones of JEE Advanced exam centres.
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JEE Advanced AAT Application Form 2021
Students who qualify JEE Advanced 2021 and seek admission in architecture courses in IITs have to appear for Architecture Aptitude Test. The application form of JEE Advanced AAT will be released in online mode by the admission authorities. It is to be noted that only those candidates who qualify JEE Advanced 2021 will be able to fill the application form.
Most IITs have also witnessed a rise in domestic recruiters and an increase in compensation. More than 753 offers have been made in the first 10 days of the placement at IIT Madras.
However, there has been a decline in the number of international offers, said both IIT-Madras and Kanpur. “Last year, 23 international profiles were offered, and this year 19 international offers were extended to the students,” said IIT Kanpur’s chairman. For IIT-Roorkee, the number of international offers from Asian countries has fairly increased. For IIT-Hyderabad, Japan and Taiwan were prominent recruiters.
Meanwhile, there has been an increase in new recruiters. Over 50 new firms participated for the first time in IIT-Kanpur’s placement, over 53 at IIT-Madras. These are mainly software-based start-ups. The most promising sector was coding/software firms followed by core firms. “We are expecting educational institutions to participate in phase 2 placements,” said Prof CS Shankar Ram from