JEE Advanced 2021 Update : IIT- Kharagpur to Conduct exam on July 3, 75% Eligibility Criteria Scrapped

Joint Entrance Exam (Advanced) 2021 will be conducted on July 3. IIT Kharagpur will conduct the JEE Advanced exam this year, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal announced on Thursday. The minister also said that the eligibility criteria of scoring minimum 75% aggregate marks in class 12th exam will not be applicable this year. He made the announcement on his Twitter and Facebook pages. This year, JEE Main will be held in four sessions from February to May. JEE advanced will be held only after the results of final session of JEE Main exam are announced.

Eligibility criteria of scoring 75% minimum aggregate marks in class 12th removed for this year

The minister also announced that the eligibility criteria of scoring minimum 75% aggregate marks in class 12th exam has been scrapped for this year. In the year 2020 also, the minimum aggregate marks was scrapped from the eligibility criteria.

JEE Advanced 2021 will be held on July 3, 2021

JEE advanced 2021 will be held on July 3, 2021. This year, IIT Kharagpur will conduct the exam.

Relaxation expected in eligibility criteria for admission into IITs

This year, students can expect some relaxation in eligibility criteria for admission into IITs. Education minister will announce the details shortly. He will be live on his social media platforms at 6 pm.

JEE Advanced is conducted in CBT mode

The JEE (Advanced) examination is conducted in the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.

JEE Advanced ranks are used by these institutes

Indian Institute of Technology

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc)

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) located in

Berhampur, Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram and Tirupati

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Rae Bareli

Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy, Visakhapatnam

JEE Main to be held in various regional languages

JEE Main 2021 will be held in various regional languages including Punjabi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Urdu, apart from Hindi and English.

JEE Advanced 2021 will be delayed this year

Every year JEE Advanced was conducted in the month of May. Usually, the second session of JEE Main was concluded in the first week of April and its result was declared by the last week of April or in the first week of May, after which the JEE Advanced was conducted by the mid-week of May. However, due to Covid-19 pandemic, JEE Main was held in September 2020 and JEE Advanced was held on September 27 and its result was declared on October 5. This year too, the JEE Advanced 2021 will be delayed as the fourth session of JEE main 2021 will be concluded on May 28.

JEE Main 2021 to be held four times, JEE advanced after May

JEE Main 2021 will be conducted in four sessions in February, March, April and May starting from February 23 to 26, 2021.The next sessions of the exam will be held between March 15-18, April 27-30 and May 24-28, respectively. JEE Advanced will be held after the results of final session of JEE Main exam is declared.

Education Minister to announce JEE Advanced 2021 dates at 6 pm

Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will announce the date of JEE Advanced 2021 at 6 pm today. He will also announce the eligibility criteria for taking admission into IITs