JEEADVANCED TO GO COMPLETELY ONLINE FROM NEXT SESSION

NEW DELHI: The joint entrance exam (JEE-Advanced), the gateway to prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), will be conducted completely online from next year, to make logistics and evaluations easier.

The Joint Admission Board (JAB), responsible for laying down the policy for the examination, took the decision on Sunday.

Students vying for admission to NITs, IITs and other centrally funded institutions need to clear the JEE Mains test to qualify for the JEE Advanced.

The government had earlier introduced the option of taking the JEE Mains test online, and the JAB has now decided to extend it to the Advanced exam.

More than 13 lakh take the Mains test, with less than 10% of them going online. Of these, two lakh qualify for the Advanced test. Now, these students will have to take the test online. “The move will ensure greater transparency and avoid instances of paper leak too,” said a senior official of the HRD ministry.

To ensure students do not face any problem in taking the test online, provision for three-day training will be made where they will be allowed to take mock tests and operate the system.

Schools will also be advised to provide an opportunity to the students so that they can use the computers.

According to a senior official, a decision has also been taken to design the question paper scientifically.