IIT JEE 2014
The much awaited new format of the entrance examination to the prestigious IITs has been declared. It was decided at a meeting between the Ministry of Human Resource and Joint Admission Board.
IIT JEE 2014 Pattern
Following are the highlights of the IIT JEE New Pattern 2014 : Download IIT JEE 2014 New Pattern
- Two Exams – JEE Main followed by JEE Advanced
- Time gap between these two exams will be two to three weeks.
- JEE Main which is equivalent to AIEEE and will be conducted by CBSE, JAB and JIC will also support in this.
- JEE Advanced which is equivalent to IIT JEE will be conducted by IITs (JAB and JIC); with the same composition as at present
- Only top 1,50,000 students including all categories from JEE Main will be able to appear in JEE Advanced
- Students who come in top 20 percentile in their board can only give the exams.
Admissions to IITs will be based only on category wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE Advanced
Admission in other deemed universities who take admission on the basis of AIEEE will be based on JEE Main exam. Min %age criteria will be fixed for these too.
Exam in two parts, JEE-MAIN and JEE-Advanced.
- 40% weight age for performance in Class XII Board marks
- 30% weight age for performance in JEE-MAIN – Multiple Choice Optional Paper
- 30% weight age in JEE-Advanced
- Effective from the year 2014
In order to know the syllabus of JEE 2014 main exam, follow the link
IIT JEE 2014 Syllabus
IIT JEE 2014 Selection
As per the new format, the top 1, 50,000 students (inclusive of all categories) from IIT JEE Main will be allowed to take the IIT JEE Advanced paper. The top 20 percentile of board candidates can appear for the exams.
IIT JEE 2014 – Admission
Admissions to the various courses will be based on AIR (All India Rank) in IIT JEE Advanced. Universities which accept admission on the basis of AIEEE will be granted as per the JEE Main score. The criteria for the minimum percentage for these two exams are yet to be decided.
IIT JEE 2014 - Counselling
The Counselling and allotment of seats for IITs may be jointly held with NITs.
However, latest updates reveal a few IIT faculties do not wish to change the current IIT JEE pattern.
IIT JEE 2014 News
Boards to announce list of top 20% percentile students in a week
NEW DELHI: School Boards across the country on Thursday decided to make available the percentile of top 20 candidates within seven days to help students get a clear picture of the marks required to be eligible for IIT entrance.
Reaching a compromise formula, the IIT council had on Wednesday announced that admission to IITs from 2014 would be based only on rank achieved in the Advanced test and selected candidates would be in the top 20 percentile of successful ones of their boards.
The representatives of the school Boards assembled here on Thursday for the Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE) meet, an apex body of all the boards, councils of secondary, senior education in the country.
"It was decided that the equivalent percentage of marks for top 20 percentile students would be available (within 7 to 10 days) to students so that they are able to know the percentage of marks that will make them eligible for IIT Entrance," said a statement after the meeting.
The meeting was called to discuss operational issues arising out of the decision by the IIT Council.
In all, 20 of 29 boards' chairpersons and representatives were present during which they "wholeheartedly supported the idea of giving weightage to the Boards Examinations' Results and were of the view that this will definitely strengthen the school education," the statement added.
To ensure the new format functions smoothly, the boards decided to declare their results before June 10 and will complete the revaluation work within June 30 of the year.
IIT JEE (Advanced) 2014 will have objective questions
The Joint admission board (JAB) has put all the speculation to an end. It has clarified that the format of (JEE)-Advanced paper will be the same as that of IIT-JEE in the last few years.
On 14th August, The ministry for human resource development (MHRD) issued a notification on JEE-2014 for admissions.
JEE-Advanced will be held on June 2. The JEE-Advanced paper will only have multiple-choice questions which the students will attempt in two sessions, morning and afternoon. The difficulty level of and the marks allotted to JEE-Advanced tests will be similar to that of previous JEEs. However, the notification is just for 2014.
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