JEE Records Highest Number of Registration for 2013

Joint Engineering Entrance (JEE) main exam has recorded highest ever registration for the competitive engineering exam conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Almost 14 lakh engineering aspirant have registered for JEE 2013 main exam. 

What makes the news more interesting is the fact that the hike in the number of aspirants is around 2.8 lakhs in comparison to a hike of just 20,000 to 30,000 candidates on yearly basis. JEE, formerly known as All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) is all India level entrance exams for seeking admission in B.Tech, B.E. and architecture courses at Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), Delhi Technological University, National Institute of Technology (NITs), and other reputed participating institutes. From 2013, JEE is now being conducted in its new form, which includes (1) JEE-Main and (2) JEE-Advanced. JEE-Main is taken to get admissions into IIITs, NITs, and other engineering colleges, while JEE-Advanced is particularly to take admissions in IITs. Aspiring candidates must be 10+2 pass or must qualify equivalent examination. Students appearing in class XII exam are also eligible to take JEE Main. A candidate can take maximum three consecutive attempts to clear the exam.  

CBSE has announced the JEE offline Main Exam 2013, which is scheduled on 7th April 2013 and online exam between 8th April-25th April 2013. JEE Main is a 3 hours exam that includes objective type questions based on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. For each wrong answer, one-fourth of the marks allotted to the question are deducted. The final all India merit list of JEE Main 2013 will give 40% weightage to 10+2 result and rest 60% to JEE Main score.


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