The decision was taken by the Joint Admissions Board of IITs, a body responsible for exam-related policies of the institutions, in its meeting held in Chennai on Sunday.
Joint Entrance Examination Advanced, which governs entry to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), will be held completely online from next year.
The decision was taken by the Joint Admissions Board (JAB) of IITs, a body responsible for exam-related policies of the institutions, in its meeting held in Chennai on Sunday. Students who want admission in IITs have to clear the JEE Main first, after which they are eligible to take JEE Advanced which opens avenues for admission to the 23 institutes across the country. While JEE Main is already being held online, students had to write the advanced test on paper. In order to save logistics and make improve the evaluation process, officials decided to extend the option of online to JEE Advanced as well.
Currently, options to give the JEE Advanced exam online exists in only a few centres.
Confirming the development, a senior official in the HRD ministry said, "Making the JEE Advanced online was the main proposal on the JAB meeting agenda, which has been cleared by the board. Apart from being logistically viable, this move will also ensure greater transparency and avoid chances of a paper leak."
Another proposal that was cleared by the board is that of designing the question paper scientifically by keeping questions at the difficulty level of 1 to 10.
Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and Chairman of JAB said, "The Apex Body for the conduct of JEE Advanced, at its meeting today, has decided that JEE (Adv) will be conducted in online mode from 2018 onwards. Further information regarding the examination will be provided by the JAB in due course."
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