26,000 candidates DID NOT filled the JEE ADVANCED 2014 Form
Nearly 26,000 candidates who cleared this year’s JEE (Main), the first of the two-tier IIT entrance exam, have opted out of the final one, probably headed to other institutions that admit students based on scores in the preliminary test.
The number is
nearly 17 per cent of the nearly 1.54 lakh candidates who cracked JEE
(Main) and were last week declared eligible to sit for JEE-Advanced, the
final test for 10,000 IIT seats in B.Tech courses.
“Despite success
in JEE-Main, many candidates do not aspire to a seat in the IITs. They
get admission in the National Institutes of Technology (NIT), the Indian
Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) and state engineering
institutions. They opt out of JEE-Advanced,” an IIT official said.
Eligible
candidates were supposed to register by today for JEE-Advanced, being
conducted under the supervision of IIT Kharagpur this year. Sources said
around 1.28 lakh candidates had signed up for the May 25 test.
Last year, around
1.5 lakh candidates had cleared the JEE-Main while 1.26 lakh had
appeared in the JEE-Advanced test, suggesting around 24,000 had opted
out after the first stage — lower than this year’s 26,000.
The rush towards
other institutes isn’t without reason. Together, the 30 NITs and the
four IIITs have around 15,000 B.Tech seats, more than the IITs’ 10,000.
Besides, there are 500 state engineering colleges where the JEE-Main
qualifiers can seek admission.
The official said
the candidates who had registered for JEE-Advanced would be issued admit
cards by May 24. There would be no change in the question pattern this
year. The results would be declared on June 19.
Before the results, the IIT authorities will upload the answer keys on the JEE-Advanced 2014 website from June 1.
The ORS (optical
response sheet where the answers are marked) of all candidates will
also be put on the site from June 1 to June 11, along with the
machine-read responses and the marks scored. In case of any discrepancy,
the candidates can request a review.
The IIT authorities will bring out a common merit list based on performance in JEE-Advanced.
Candidates who
score at least 10 per cent in each subject and 35 per cent in aggregate
will be considered for the common merit list.
There will be
separate merit lists for categories like Scheduled Castes, Scheduled
Tribes and Other Backward Classes (non-creamy layer).
OBC candidates
have to score at least 9 per cent in each subject and 31.5 per cent in
aggregate to find a place on the merit list.
Those from the SC
and ST categories must score at least 5 per cent in each subject and
17.5 per cent in aggregate in order to be in their respective merit
lists. The top candidates on the merit list will get priority for
admission in the 16 IITs and ISM Dhanbad.
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