The Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE Main 2023) 75 per cent eligibility criteria has been revised by the National Test Agency (NTA) for the applicants for qualifying the admission to NITs, IIITs and CFTIs. According to the official release, the candidates who have scored at least 75% marks in the 12th class examination or have been in the top 20 percentile will also be eligible for the admission in the National Institute of Technology (NITs), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) and the other Centrally Funded Technical Institute (CFTIs) whom admissions are based on the JEE Main Ranks.
After receiving numerous representations from the stakeholders about changing the criteria of 75% marks in 12th exam, the testing agency revised the eligibility criteria for JEE Main 2023. The Test Agency said that “For the students who qualify for admissions in the NITs, IIITs and the other CFTIs whose admission is done on the bases of the ranks in JEE (Main) should be having minimum 75 per cent or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th class exam organized by the respective boards while the SC/ST students should be passing the 12th class examination with 65% marks”.
Earlier a plea was filed with the Bombay High Court by the petitioner on the behalf of the JEE Aspirants demanding to defer the January session examination in April 2023 and relax the 75 per cent eligibility criteria in which the court stated its order that the deferment of the examination will be making a cascading effect and it would not be appropriate to restrain the NTA from organizing a pan India examination. The High Court also stated that if the student doesn’t perform well in the January 2023 Session examination of JEE Main, he can appear in the April Session.
The NTA will be concluding the registration process for the January session examination of JEE Main on 12th of January 2023 till 9 pm and the application fees can be submitted tomorrow till 11:50 Pm. The JEE Main January session exam will be conducted on 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 January 2023.
