NEW DELHI: Over 10.2 lakh students will appear for the Joint Entrance Examination-Main (JEE-M) at 1,781 centres across the country tomorrow for admission in engineering colleges, including the IITs.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts JEE-M, an all-India level engineering entrance for admission into IITs, NITs, IIITs, deemed universities and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutes (CFTI).
The exam is being conducted at 1,781 centres in 109 cities.
JEE-M is conducted in two parts- Paper I and Paper II.
Paper-I (BE/B Tech) will be conducted in both computer- based (online) and paper-pen (offline) mode while Paper II (B Arch/B Planning) will be conducted in pen-paper mode only.
Candidates who want to appear for JEE-Advanced 2017 will have to clear the JEE-M test first.
The HRD Ministry has notified two changes in the JEE pattern for 2017.
There shall be no weightage for class 12 marks in calculating the ranks in the JEE (Main) examination. (AGENCIES)