IIT 2014 on the same pattern as IIT 2013

Change in IIT exam pattern i.e having a subjective test in the second level of entrance exams-JEE Advanced-it will not be implemented for the 2014 exam. Senior officials said there will not be many changes in the pattern and format of that exam.

A senior IIT official said having a subjective test for IITs' entrance exam will require professors to manually evaluate answer papers. However  it  will be  difficult to evaluate answer-sheets with in a short span of 20-25 days. "It will delay the academic session across IITs. To conduct a subjective test for JEE-Advanced, the centre will have to conduct the JEE-Main exam in December and hold the JEE-Advanced in April. It will involve many logistical changes, which is not possible.  But a final decision on retaining the pattern in next year's exam will only be taken after the JEE-Advanced 2014 chairman takes over the Joint Admission Board.

IITs may increase the limit of candidates shortlisted from JEE-Main from 1.5 lakhs to two lakhs. "This year, out of 1.5 lakh candidates only 1.19 lakh finally wrote the JEE-Advanced exam. If we increase the limit to two lakhs, we may get the desired 1.5 lakh figure," said a professor.