IITs admission eligibility Criteria changed

23-Sep-2014


Ministry of Human Resource Development and IIT council for the admission in the Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs) has relaxed the admission criteria for IITs . The new criteria will help more students to participate in the counselling from next year.

Until now, the students in the top 20 percentile of Class XII marks alone were eligible to participate in the counselling procedure of the JEE however under the new rules, the candidates who will score more than 75 per cent marks in Class XII will also be eligible to participate in the JEE counselling.

Last year 200 students with top scores in JEE MAIN & Advanced could not be able to take admissions in  due to the existing  rule.

Candidates in the General/Other Backward Class/Non Creamy Layer category have to secure 75% marks in class 12th; students under the SC/ST/disabled category have to secure 70% marks in class 12th to participate in counselling as well as to take admission in the IITs.