NTA expands JEE Main to 24 countries

For the first time, there will be JEE Main centres in China, Brazil, Australia, Austria, Brazil, South Africa and Vietnam, an NTA official said.

 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has expanded the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main, which is conducted for admission to BE/BTech and BArch/BPlan courses at National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs), to 24 nations, with examination centres to be established in China, Vietnam, Australia and South Africa, among others, for the first time in 2023, Hindustan Times reported.  

The agency has invited applications for the JEE Main Session 1, which will be conducted between January 24 and 31, 2023. JEE Main Session 2 is scheduled to be held between April 6 and 12, 2023. 

“In 2023, the number of countries increased to 24 and for the first time, there will be centres in China, Brazil, Australia, Austria, Brazil, South Africa, and Vietnam as well,” an official said on the condition of anonymity. 

There will also be overseas testing centres in Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Nepal, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nigeria, Hong Kong and Thailand. 

The agency will coordinate with Indian embassies in these countries to set up the centres. “The overseas centres are established after receiving requests from the Indian diaspora, and the NTA is constantly receiving requests from different countries to set up centres of competitive exams such as JEE Main and NEET,” the official said.  

JEE Main 2023: NTA issues notice for Tamil Nadu students 

The NTA has released a special notice for JEE Main 2023 aspirants from Tamil Nadu state who have passed their class 10 board exams in 2021. As per the notice, “Class 10 board exams were not conducted in Tamil Nadu in the year 2021 due to COVID-19, and all those students registered for appearing in the exams were declared pass. Accordingly, no marks were given in the mark sheet and ‘pass’ is printed in all subjects with a disclaimer.” 

NTA has modified the application process for candidates filling the JEE Main application form 2023 from Tamil Nadu with class 10 pass year as 2021. During the filling up of the online Application Form of JEE Main 2023 Session 1, when the candidate selects ‘Passing year’ as 2021 with ‘School Board’ as Tamil Nadu State Board of School Examination (Sec.), the Result Mode field will be disabled and the associated fields for Marks/CGPA will be invisible for Tamil Nadu State Board candidates who have passed their Class 10 in year 2021. 

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