New Delhi: National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced that the JEE Main 2023 exams session 1 will be conducted from January 24 to 31. Students have expressed their worries as the date is clashing with CBSE Board Exam Date.

JEE Main 2023 Key Controversies

  • Students are also bothered by the newly introduced eligibility criteria of 75% in board exams. 
  • The exam date for session 1 clashes with CBSE Board Exam date. 

“Last year we didn’t have the eligibility requirement, and now I am lost as to what I should do because I did not have 75 per cent in Class 12. I am not sure what my next step should be or will be,” said Siddhi Agrawal from Mhow.

Suddhanshu Shardul from Patna, who is attempting JEE Main for the second time, echoes a similar sentiment. “My counselling concluded in mid October, and I got only two months to prepare again. Revision plays a very important role in JEE Main exams, and two months is simply not enough time,” 

To raise this issue, the India Wide Parents Association has written to the Prime Minister to reschedule JEE Main and relax the 75 per cent eligibility criteria.

“Many students prepare more for JEE Main, rather than Class 12 exams. Bringing old criteria is unfair to those students. Also, there are some students who are good in the PCM but may lack knowledge for other subjects such as English. Their Class 12 score suffers because of that. When other competitive exams have 50 per cent eligibility test, then why can we not follow the same in JEE Main?,” asked Anubha Shrivastava Sahai on behalf of India Wide Parents Association.

She added that the 75 per cent eligibility criteria is unfair for those aspirants who took a drop year and were hoping to clear the exam in 2023. “This eligibility criteria was not there last year, so students prepared accordingly. How will they appear for the exam now? They may miss their chance this year, because of this addition of eligibility criteria. The government should either reduce it or remove it,” Sahai added.

NCPCR Take on JEE Main Eligibility Criteria

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), an Indian statutory body, has urged the NTA to revise the JEE Main 2023 examination dates. The Child Rights Commission has also requested that the testing agency remove the 75% eligibility criteria. An NCPCR letter addressing the NTA said, “The commission has received a complaint from Mr. Navneet Kumar, Bihar stating that the dates if the JEE Main 2023 were announced one month before the final session-1. In addition, in 2020, four months prior to the exam, NTA finalised and announced dates of the first session-1.” “75 percent eligibility criteria are unfair for aspirants who took a year drop,” 

All India Students Union (AISU) sent a representation to the Ministry of Education

The All India Students Union (AISU) sent a representation to the Ministry of Education addressed to Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan, urging him to reschedule the JEE Main 2023 examination dates. “Considering JEE Main 2023 Session-I in last week of Jan 2023, JEE Advanced 2023 would most probably be conducted in May 2023. But if NTA accepts the aspirants’ demand and reschedules the Session-I to April 2023, JEE Advanced 2023 could be conducted in June 2023. So there’s a difference of just one month between the decision of the NTA and students’ demand,” reads the letter.

JEE Main 2023 Dates Clashes with CBSE Board Exam

Students are demanding NTA to postpone JEE Main 2023 dates. Earlier the committee has declared the dates for the exam to be from January 24-31, 2023. Students who aspire to study engineering in their college level are worried as the dates are clashing with their CBSE  Board Exam. CBSE Exam is supposed to begin from January 15, 2023.

Bihar Board VS JEE Main 2023 Dates

Several students are claiming that Bihar board Class 12 exams are starting on February 1, 2023, and therefore want NTA to be considerate towards them. The Class 12 Bihar board practical exams will be held between January 10 and January 20, 2023.

JEE Main 2023 Session 1 in January So Less Preparation Time For Board Examinee, Other Students

Engineering aspirants have also urged the NTA to hold the first session of the JEE Main 2023 in April as they claim, they did not get enough time for preparation. Aspirants have started a Twitter campaign called #jeemainsinapril, claiming that Session-1 in January will cause a lot of mental stress

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