Sunday 6 April 2014

JEE Mains 2014: Answer keys to be released on April 25

The Joint Entrance Examination Board will publish the JEE Mains 2014 exam answer keys from April 25 to April 27. The exams kick started today i.e April 6 in the offline paper mode. The final results will be declared on May 3.  The Board will declare the All India ranks tentatively on July 7 and the students can get hold of their rank cards, the day onwards.

jee mains answer keysNearly 12 lakh (1.2 million) candidates will appear for the Joint Entrance Exam (Mains) today. A total of 13.56 lakh students, including 3.16 lakh girls, have registered for the exam. Of which, 11.84 lakh will take the paper and pen exam at 2,173 centres on April 6.
 
Nearly 1.72 lakh students will take the online version of the test on April 9, 11, 12 and 19.

Students who clear the exam will be eligible to take admission in the undergraduate engineering programmes in NITs, IIITs and other centrally funded technical institutes in India.

The online examination will be held on April 9, April 11 and April 12.

The candidates who qualify in JEE Mains 2014 and are in the Top-20 percentile of various state intermediate boards will be selected for JEE advanced. They have to register their names from May 3 to 9. JEE Advanced exam will be held on May 25.  Results will be announced on June 19.  Architecture aptitude test will be held on June 26 and results are scheduled to be released on June 29.

Immense exam and peer pressure was noticed among the candidates and their parents who thronged the exam centers. The first slot of exam was scheduled from 9.30 A.M onwards. Many students expressed doubts about the normalization process accepted by the JEE Board 2013 onwards according to which a method will be brought in to compare the marking system of different boards that carry 40 per cent weightage in preparation of the final merit list.

Cities with exam centers have recorded 80 - 85 per cent occupancy in hotels.

JEE Mains is conducted to provide admissions to undergraduate engineering programmes in NITs, IIITs and other centrally funded technical institutions in India.

Source: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/jee-mains-answer-keys-to-be-out-on-april-25/1/353220.html