The joint entrance exam (JEE-Advanced), the gateway to prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), will be conducted completely online from next academic year. It is been done to make logistics and evaluations easier.
The Joint Admission Board (JAB) took this decision on Sunday. JAB is responsible for laying down the policy for the examination.
Students who want to get admission into NITs, IITs and other centrally funded institutions need to clear the JEE Mains test to qualify for the JEE Advanced. Earlier, the government had introduced the option of taking the JEE Mains test online, and the JAB has now decided to extend it to the Advanced exam.
Over 13 lakh students take the Mains test, with less than 10% of them going online. Out of these, two lakh qualify for the Advanced test. These students will have to take the test online now.
“The move will ensure greater transparency and avoid instances of paper leak too,” said a senior official of the human resource development (HRD) ministry.
To ensure students do not face any problem in taking the test online, a provision for three-day training will be made where they will be allowed to take mock tests and operate the system.
Also, schools will be advised to provide an opportunity to the students so that they can use the computers.
Moreover, a decision has also been taken to design the question paper scientifically. “This will take into account the complexity level of the paper while setting the questions ranging from simple to difficult,” said a senior official.
The problem of misprinting will also be solved by the online exam.
