HC seeks response from testing agency on 75% eligibility criterion for JEE-Mains

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The Bombay High Court on Thursday sought a response from the National Testing Agency (NTA) on the purpose of the eligibility criterion of 75 per cent marks in the class 12 board exams to appear for the Joint Entrance Examination (Main), despite there being a qualifying exam for admission to IITs, NITs and IIITs...

The HC was hearing a PIL that had sought relaxation of the criterion of scoring 75% marks in Class XII (Higher Secondary Examination) exams to be eligible to appear for JEE Mains, reasoning that many of the students who passed Class 12 in the academic year 2020-21 and 2021-2022 were seeking to appear for the present JEE Mains exam...

A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjay V Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep V Marne was hearing a PIL by child activist Anubha Srivastava Sahai, who claimed that such students were assessed based on their performance of previous examinations as their board exams were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and therefore the marks scored by them was not a true reflection of their actual ability...

The marks scored by them is not a true reflection of their actual ability, therefore those students with lower marks than the eligibility criteria (75%) for this years examinations can score very high marks in the upcoming JEE Main 2023, and if a fair chance is denied to them that will affect the future (of) lakhs of bright (students), stated the PIL...

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