JEE Main

The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) was replaced by the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), which is an Indian computer-based test (CBT) for admission to a variety of technical undergraduate programmes in engineering, architecture, and planning at universities throughout India. The JEE Apex Board administers the exam in order to determine eligibility for admission to B.Tech, B.Arch, and other programmes at prestigious technical institutions including the National Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Information Technology. Typically, it takes place twice a year. However, it was held four times in 2021.

The Common Engineering Test (CET), which was previously used for admission to all non-IIT engineering universities, including even RECs and IIITs, was introduced in 2002 as a result of the newly established NIT and IIIT universities’ desire for an entrance examination paper of a higher standard than the CET. This was primarily due to increasing competition and the desire to maintain the exclusivity of such institutes of national importance. 2013 saw a name change to JEE-Main.

Up to 2018, the Central Board of Secondary Education held the exam in both pen-and-paper and CBT modes and during the first week of April (CBSE). Up till 2017, JEE-Main was run by CBSE. JEE-Main is now being conducted by the National Testing Agency from 2018. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 exams were postponed and held later in the same years. In the history of the JEE Mains or IIT JEE Exams, 2021 was the only year in which students were permitted a maximum of four attempts. The JEE mains exam was often taken in one or two attempts for the remaining years.

The JEE-Main test will be administered by NTA in 2022 in two phases, June and July.

There are only two papers in the exam:

• Paper 1 for B.E./B.Tech programmes
• Paper 2 for B.Arch and B.Planning courses

A candidate has the option of taking one or both papers. Starting in 2018, Paper 1 will always be a computer-based test (known as Online mode). There was a choice between offline pen and paper mode and internet mode up until 2018. Up until 2010, only the offline pen and paper mode was used to administer the test. For the first lakh candidates who chose for it in 2011, CBSE administered Paper 1 in computer-based test mode per the directives of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, while the remainder students took the test as usual using pen and paper.

An applicant is only allowed three examination attempts over the course of two consecutive years. The top 2,24,000 JEE (Main) rankers will be eligible to take the second and final stage of the exam, JEE (Advanced), starting in 2018. In order to perform this new universal admission test, MHRD wants to establish National Testing Service, a self-contained, autonomous organisation.

The JEE-Main test also serves as a prerequisite for the JEE-Advanced test.

Participating institutes

The following institutions took part in the 2017 centralised seat allocation process:

1. Thirty-One 31 National Institutes of Technology
2. Twenty-Five 25 Indian Institutes of Information Technology.
3. There are 26 additional institutes financed by the national government, including three SPA (School of Planning and Architecture).
4. The Delhi Technological University, Jabalpur Engineering College, Pondicherry Engineering College, etc. are examples of state-run institutions.
5. Many independently funded institutions (during the spot round).
6. Many private Deemed universities use the JEE (Main) rankings in conjunction with their own seat distribution procedures to fill seats.

Counselling

Earlier, JEE-Main counselling was carried out by the CSAB; however, the authorities have now changed the counselling process. To conduct counselling (joint counselling) for the two IIT-JEE tests, the JAB (Joint Admission Board), which represents IITs, and the CSAB (Central Seat Allocation Board), which negotiates on behalf of NITs and other CFTIs (Centrally Funded Technical Institutes), have recently joined forces. On May 2, 2015, the memo in question was signed. The Joint Seat Allocation Authority is what these two together are known as (JoSAA).

The National Testing Agency (NTA) was established by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India (GoI), as a premier testing organisation that is independent, autonomous, and self-sustaining under the Societies Registration Act (1860) for conducting effective, transparent, and international standardised tests to assess the competency of candidates for admission to top higher education institutions with a mission to enhance equity and quality in education by developing  A system that promotes teaching (by teachers), learning (by students), and assessment has been developed by NTA (by parents and institutions). NTA firmly supports the validity, reliability, accuracy, fairness, and security of assessments. NTA regularly interacts with its stakeholders, including students, parents, instructors, specialists, and partner institutions, in order to put these beliefs into effect.

In order to conduct the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main), the NTA has been given the authority by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India.

JEE (Main), the joint entrance examination, consists of two papers. For admission to undergraduate engineering programmes (B.E./B.Tech.) at participating state governments’ supported or recognised institutions such as NITs, IIITs, and other CFTIs, Paper 1 is administered. JEE (Main) serves as a prerequisite for JEE (Advanced), a test for admission to IITs.

For admissions in the academic year 2022-2023, the JEE (Main) – 2022 will be held in 02 (two) sessions. Thus, the following advantages will accrue to the candidates:

1. A candidate will be given two chances to improve their exam score if they are unable to put their best effort in one try.
2. The first time students take a test, they will have first-hand experience doing so, and they will learn from their mistakes to improve on their second attempt.
3. Droppers won’t have to squander a whole year because of this, which will lower the likelihood of dropping a year.
4. Any person who missed the exam due to unavoidable circumstances (like the Board exam) won’t have to wait a full year to retake it.
5. A candidate is not required to show up for both sessions. The best JEE (Main) – 2022 NTA Scores will be taken into account for the production of the Merit List/Ranking, though, if a candidate participates in more than one Session.