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INDIAN INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY JOINT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 2006 (JEE-2006)

For admission to undergraduate courses at the seven Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay - Delhi - Guwahati - Kanpur - Kharagpur - Madras - Roorkee), IT - BHU, Varanasi & Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.

SCREENING TEST on April 9, 2006 (Sunday)

One Objective Type Question Paper of 3 hour duration in Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry.

MAIN EXAMINATION on May 21, 2006 (Sunday)

Three separate Papers (non - objective type) each of 2 hour duration in physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry.

(only for those who quality in the Screening Test of Joint Entrance Examination - JEE - 2006)

Syllabus for the Screening Test as well as for the Main Examination will be same. The detailed syllabus will be available in the Information Brochure of Joint Entrance Examination JEE-2006.

Application Forms and Information Brochure Will be available from 28th November, 2005 to 6th January, 2006.

Details will be published in leading National Dailies and Employment News/Rozgar Samachar on 19th November, 2005.

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It’s celebration time for IIT aspirants. The hard-to-crack entrance examination, IIT-JEE , just got simpler. Beginning ’06, the two-step entrance — screening and main — examination will be replaced by a single exam. Just so that students take their board exams seriously, a first class in their class twelve board exams will be mandatory to appear for the IIT-JEE. Moreover candidates will be allowed only two attempts at the IIT-JEE.

The human resources development minister, who officiates as the chairman of the IIT council , has approved the changes suggested by the IIT standing committee. The new format IIT-JEE will be a single objective-type examination. It will include a short write-up on a topic in physics, chemistry or even mathematics, followed by objective questions based on the write-up. This will test the comprehension, as well as analytical ability of students.

Since ’00, the IIT-JEE is conducted in two parts — the screening test eliminates nearly 90% of the candidates, while the main examination selects nearly 4,000 students. Nearly 2 lakh candidates appear for the screening test; of these, only 20,000 appear for the main examination. According to a senior HRD official, “The change in the IIT exam is part of the ministry’s overall strategy to reduce exam stress.”


In an attempt to re-introduce a degree of seriousness about the school-leaving exam (class XII boards), students will now have to secure at least 60% marks to qualify to appear for the JEE, with SC/ST students getting a 5% relaxation.

This may spell doom for coaching towns like Kota, where students are put through rigorous training for the IIT-JEE examination, while the school-leaving exam is treated as a mere formality.

It has also been suggested that a student be allowed to appear for the JEE in the year that he/she has appeared for board examination and once more the next year.

In other words, each aspirant gets a maximum of two attempts at making it through to the IIT. However, those who get through one of the seven IITs will not be allowed to appear for the JEE again. Often students re-appear for the JEE in order to improve their scores in a bid to gain admission in a course or an IIT with better reputation. The procedure will be reviewed after JEE ’06.


In order to reduce the stress associated with preparing for the IIT-JEE, as well as curtail the over-dependence on coaching schools, the IIT standing committee had suggested simplifying the syllabus. The standing committee felt that such a move will help give credit to the school system, as well as enhance the credibility of the Board examination.

A final view on this is yet to be taken. Surendra Prasad, deputy director at IIT Delhi, told ET, “Details will only be worked out after the meeting of IIT directors and chairmen on the 17th.” According to a senior ministry official, “The issue of syllabus for the exam has been left to the IITs to work out.”

A special task force headed by Idi Chandy, ex-JEE chairman, was constituted by directors of the seven IITs to evaluate the entrance examination process. The recommendations were deliberated upon by the standing committee of the IIT council in July, chaired by CNR Rao and comprising directors of all the IITs.