New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are not in favour of allowing a third attempt at the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced to students who have exhausted their attempts this year, ThePrint has learnt.
Students get only two attempts to sit for the JEE Advanced and three for JEE Mains. However, those who exhausted their attempts this year have been requesting the IITs to give them another chance next year.
According to students, an extra attempt should be allowed to them as their preparation was hampered due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown. The students have been writing letters to IITs and the Ministry of Education for the last two months in this regard. The latest was written on 16 November.
@S_kritika @seemay @Poojasharma_DB @Shrads_chettri @PreetiBiswasTOI
23 Joint letters have been sent to all IITs /NTA and @EduMinOfIndia along with many personal letters by patents.
The same documents have been emailed to them.
Parents and students now await their response. pic.twitter.com/BhK71OxK8e
— Jee Advanced Last Attempters (@jee_last) November 21, 2020
This letter, addressed to all the IITs, stated that JEE-Advanced is a “career-defining” exam and, therefore, students who performed poorly because of the mental stress due to the pandemic should be allowed another attempt next year.
The IITs, however, do not agree with the students.
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‘Will be unfair to those who will attempt the exam in 2021’
In an October meeting of the Joint Admissions Board (JAB), the body under the Ministry of Education that manages the JEE Advanced, it was decided that students who have missed out on writing the exam because of the lockdown or being Covid-positive will be given another chance. The JAB consists of IIT directors and other IIT officials.
However, the JAB did not agree to giving another chance to students who had already attempted the exam. Sources in the JAB said there is consensus among members to not reconsider this decision.
At least three JAB sources told ThePrint they have no intention to allow students for a third attempt at JEE Advanced as it will be unfair to those who are going to attempt the exam in 2021 and will also increase competition for the next batch of students.
“Students who wrote the exam in 2020, at least, got a chance to go to school physically until March. They also attended coaching classes physically and had better access to study material. In fact, they got extra time to study because the exams were delayed a lot,” said a JAB member, who has attended recent meetings on the subject.
“This is in complete contrast to students who are in school right now and are locked up in their homes. They have to do their school classes online, their coaching online. Things will not be easy for them when they attempt the exam in 2021,” the source said.
“All these factors were discussed in the JAB meeting (in October) and it was decided that we should not give another chance to students, who have exhausted their attempts,” he added.
A second JAB source said the Ministry of Education is also in favour of the decision.
When contacted, a ministry official told ThePrint: “We don’t impose our views on JAB decisions.”
Decision based on internal study
A third JAB source said, “The decision is also based on an internal study by all the IITs.
“Over the years, we have found out that the success rate to get into IITs is best for the first-timers. It starts to diminish by the time the student gives his/her second attempt. We have found that on an average, out of the students who make it to the IITs, 70-80 per cent are first-timers and the rest 20-30 per cent are second-timers. There is no scope left for a third attempt in that case.”
A source from IIT-Kharagpur, the organising institute of JEE Advanced 2021, told ThePrint: “Whatever decision we had to take with regards to attempts has already been conveyed to students and their parents last month.”
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Yes we want one more chance in jee advance
Sir,jisne bina coaching ke tayari ki ho due to lake of money .or covid19 ke karan koi financial weak hojata he jese me meri mom ki job chali gayi ,her jagha se tension ,exam time per ane jane ki tension rajgarh se bhopal bike per gaya hu me 2 jano ke sathkitna mushkil hota he 3 jane 1 bike pe itne lambe safer per .. orr toh orr har jagha se demotivation sab ne exam dene tak ko mana ker di ,kon kharcha karega mere uper mene soacha tha iit me selection ke badh bank se loan leker padhai karua .mera sapna iss covid19 ke karan tut gaya .muje 1 extra attempt chahiye jee advance ka mene mera 100% nahi diya he . Me nahi janta mene jivan me aaj tak khoya hi khoya he ..but me mera sapna nahi khone dunga …..please try to understand my situation…mee janta hu me ker sakta hu…
Iit ne 2018 me 75%criteria hata diya tha counseling ke time kyuki seat VACANT thi iit me .ye UNFAIR nahi tha other students ke sath jinhone 75% board me na hone ke karan jee nahi diya jabki vo bakiyo se bhi acha ker sakte the ….orr vo nahi too previous year students jinka eligibility criteria 75%board me na hone ke karan iit me naa ho paya ..
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Me iit jana chahata hu ,mene bahut mehnat ki he .?
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What a flawed statistic. 70-80 percent freshers get in because 80-90% of the people who gives the exam are freshers.
Joint family only 2 rooms completely finished my study….. even my Sept attempt become worse than Jan attempt
It will be unfair for 2020 batches….even though I couldn’t appear jee due to home quarantine. I suggest they shouldn’t give another chance for those who have exhausted their attempts
One more chance should be given to the students who were totally disturbed because of covid 19 pandemic. Many of the students have been trapped in the locality where they were unable to study because of unavailability of books and their notes.
They should give another attempt for back years student
They should not be given any more chances. Its completely unfair for us
JAB has taken a fair decision by denying to give third chance and revealed the actual facts.
Due to apenfemic situation please give another chance all 2019 12th passout student
But they don’t realise that the gap of 6 month with no coaching/No preparation/uncertainty can take a toll on our mental health.