JEE Mains 2021: Education Ministry waives off minimum 75% eligibility criteria - details here
Earlier, students had requested Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal to scrap the 75 per cent eligibility criteria for JEE Main 2021. File phto of Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
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Updated: Jan 19, 2021, 04:29 PM IST
The Ministry of Education has decided to waive off the minimum 75 per cent marks that candidates need to score in their class 12 exams to be eligible for NITs, IIITs, SPAs and other Central Funded Technical Institutes for the academic year 2021-22. The admissions are based on Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)(Main).
A senior official of Higher education told ANI 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 per cent marks (in class 12 exam) eligibility criteria under Joint Entrance Examination (Main) for t
Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, January 19
The syllabus of JEE and NEET will remain unchanged for the year 2021, the Education Ministry has said.
However, unlike previous years, this year, the candid
JEE Mains 2021: Education Ministry waives off 75 pc in Class 12 eligibility criteria By Amit Kumar | Updated: Jan 19, 2021 15:12 IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Ministry of Education has decided to waive off for the academic year 2021-22, the minimum 75 per cent marks that candidates need to score in their class 12 exams to be eligible for NITs, IIITs, SPAs and other Central Funded Technical Institutes, whose admissions are based on Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)(Main).
A senior official of Higher education told ANI 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 per cent 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).
Centre s Moves to Alter Status Quo Worry IITs and IIMs
While IITs have expressed an inability to introduce BTech courses in Indian languages immediately, the education ministry has moved to erode the autonomy of IIMs.
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New Delhi: Moves by the Centre to alter status quo at the IITs and IIMs have caused consternation among stakeholders of the premier institutions, according to reports.
At the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), teachers and officials are “worried” about the decision to introduce BTech programmes in Indian languages from the next academic year.
IIST may get Institute of National Importance tag
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Eighth convocation held via videoconference
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Eighth convocation held via videoconference
The Space Commission has approved a proposal to declare the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Valiamala, as an Institute of National Importance akin to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), K. Sivan, chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has said.
The proposal will be forwarded to the Cabinet shortly, Mr. Sivan, who is also secretary, Space Commission, said. He was addressing the eighth convocation of IIST via videoconference on Wednesday.