For admissions to IITs, apart from qualifying the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced), the eligibility criteria every year also includes either a minimum score of 75 per cent marks in class XII Board exams or rank among the top 20 percentile in their qualifying examinations.

However, the latter condition this year has been removed, Union Human Resources Development Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank said .

“Due to the partial cancellation of class XII exams by several Boards, Joint Admission Board (JAB) has decided to relax the eligibility criterion for JEE (Advanced), 2020 qualified candidates, this time,” he tweeted.

For admissions to #IITs, apart from qualifying the #JEE (Advanced), the eligibility was to secure either minimum score of 75% marks in class XII Board exams or rank among the top 20 percentile in their qualifying examinations. @HRDMinistry @PIB_India @MIB_India @DDNewslive

— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) July 17, 2020

“Qualified candidates who have passed class XII examinations will now be eligible for admissions irrespective of marks obtained,” wrote the minister.

This year, examinations for 12 class XII papers could not be held due to Covid 19 pandemic and marks for these papers were assigned to students based on their performance in previous papers.

Earlier this month, the government had announced new dates for Joint Entrance Exam, (JEE Main), the first stage for admission into IITs and entrance for most other engineering colleges in the country, between September 1 and 6.

It had also said that JEE (Advanced), will now be held on September 27.

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The proposals on the format of the exam, syllabus, social distancing norms are up for discussion in the review meeting. The decision will be taken after JAB’s nod.

IITs are also considering doing away with the board exam requirement for the entrance exam for the year. The decision came after CBSE and CISCE have decided not to go ahead with pending board exams and devised their own assessment schemes.

As per rules, it is mandatory for a candidate to have at least 75 percent marks in boards or be in the top 20 percentile of the Class 12 exams.

As the CBSE decided to omit 30 percent of the syllabus, it is being speculated that it has affected the NEET and JEE entrance exams for medical and engineering respectively. The entrance exams’ base their syllabus on CBSE Class 11 and 12 formats.

If Jee Advanced slashes its syllabus, it is likely that JEE Main too will follow the suit. Chances are that JEE Main, which usually happens on January 2021, might also get postponed if the schools do not re-open on time.

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