JEE(Main) exam in four phases, first round from February 23
The Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced that the JEE(Main) Examination-2021 will be conducted in four sessions in the month of February, March, April and May 2021. The first session of JEE (Main) 2021 will be held from February 23, 2021, to February 26, 2021.
By Newsmeter Network Published on 16 Dec 2020 4:31 PM GMT
Hyderabad: The Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced that the JEE(Main) Examination-2021 will be conducted in four sessions in the month of February, March, April and May 2021. The first session of JEE (Main) 2021 will be held from February 23, 2021, to February 26, 2021.
He also announced that drawing from the National Education Policy (NEP), for the first time ever JEE (Main) Examination-2021 will be conducted in 13 languages, Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, English and Gujarati.
The Minister informed that a candidate need not appear in all the four Sessions. However, if a candidate appears in more than one Session then his/her best of the 2021 NTA Scores will be considered for preparation of Merit List/ Ranking.
He also announced that the Question paper will contain 90 questions, in which the candidate will have to attempt a total of 75 questions.
Enumerating the benefits to students due to this decision, the Minister said, "conducting JEE (Main) Examination-2021 in four sessions will give multiple opportunities to the candidates to improve their scores in the examination if they are not able to give their best in one attempt,"
He further said that in case a candidate has Board Examination in a particular month, or is unable to appear due to COVID-19, the candidate can choose a different month to take the JEE (Main)-2021.
Joint Entrance Exam Main is the admission test for Indian Institute of Information Technology(IIITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), and Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs).
It is also the qualifying examination for the IIT admission test JEE Advanced.
