IIT-JEE new pattern has logistic problems!

For past few years IIT’s
have been trying to work in
a joint consortium to revamp
the IIT- JEE process, as
most of them wanted to go
their separate ways for
conducting the entrance
exams. After careful
consideration and inference
from the Education ministry,
a two steps joint entrance
exam has been devised and
agreed for.
The first step in the process
is JEE (Main), which was
conducted between April 7
and April 25. If a student
qualifies this exam, has a
rank amongst top 1,50,000
and also finishes in top 20
percentile in respective
intermediate board results ,
then they can appear for JEE
(Advanced) to secure a rank
for getting admission in IIT’s
and ISM, Dhanbad.
These changes are a menace
for administrators as the
result of JEE (Main) will come
out in first week of May and
registration for JEE
(Advanced) will start from
May 8.
IIT-Delhi is the coordinator of
this year’s entrance exam
and they have concerns
over the logistic challenges
while conducting JEE
(Advanced). As number of
students from respective
boards who will be in top 20
percentile and would have
qualified the JEE (Main)
cannot be presumed. It
makes logistic challenges in
assigning exam centers
allocated so that students do
not suffer. This whole
change is cumbersome for
not only administrators but
also students as they need
to register for the exams
twice and appear twice for an
entrance exam.
Students are upset with an
additional yardstick of being
in top 20 percentile of board
results to even attempt the
entrance exam.