In a recent meeting, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) of
the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) has decided to not to go online for
JEE-Advanced 2014. Following the trend of past years, JEE-Advanced aspirants
will continue to have a paper-pencil test in 2014.
Members of the JAB, the highest body that takes
decisions on admissions to IITs, said that the JEE-Advanced 2014 will be
conducted keeping up with the pattern of 2013. However, the board will soon set
up an ad-hoc committee to study and design the computer-based exam process in
order to implement it in future.
NK Panigrahi, the chairman of JEE-Advanced 2014, said,
"There will no changes for the 2014 exams. We intend to follow a
systematic approach before implementing the online test process. The board will
set up a committee to study the online process and only then will implement it
in future," said.
JEE-Advanced 2014 is scheduled to be held tentatively
on 25 May, a week earlier as compared to last year. According to sources, the
JEE-Main may be conducted on 06 April 2014, but CBSE will announce the confirm
date soon.
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