This year IIT entrance exam JEE Advanced is schedule to held on June 2nd this year admissions to under-graduate programmes of the Indian Institutes of Technology. Reportedly girls get some relaxation in qualifying marks. if the suggestion is accepted by the Joint Admission Board.
“We have suggested the IIT’s joint admission board to consider giving girl candidates some relaxation in qualifying marks during admission. But, the decision has to be taken by the board on this issue,” a HRD Ministry official said.
Suggestion has been given to the board, which will conduct JEE-Advance for admissions to IITs in June this year, keeping in view that very less number of girls make it to the IITs compared to boys, he added.
A total of 4.68 lakh candidates appeared in the last JEE. Of these, 13,602 candidates cleared the entrance examination. The number of successful girls in the test stood at just 1,491 girls, nearly 11 per cent of total number of successful candidates.
“We have suggested the IIT’s joint admission board to consider giving girl candidates some relaxation in qualifying marks during admission. But, the decision has to be taken by the board on this issue,” a HRD Ministry official said.
Suggestion has been given to the board, which will conduct JEE-Advance for admissions to IITs in June this year, keeping in view that very less number of girls make it to the IITs compared to boys, he added.
A total of 4.68 lakh candidates appeared in the last JEE. Of these, 13,602 candidates cleared the entrance examination. The number of successful girls in the test stood at just 1,491 girls, nearly 11 per cent of total number of successful candidates.
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