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Facts
The Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (popularly known as IIT-JEE or just JEE) is an annual entrance examination in India. Fifteen colleges use JEE as a sole criterion for admission to their undergraduate programs. Indian Institutes of Technology, IT-BHU (Varanasi), and ISM (Dhanbad). Newly established institutions such as Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (Kolkata, Pune & Mohali), Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (Raebarely, Uttar Pradesh) are also admitting students through the JEE (Extended Merit List). The exam is conducted by the various IITs by a policy of rotation.
It is one of the toughest engineering entrance exams in the world (success rate of around 1 in 45)
Achieving entrance into an IIT is often considered the pinnacle of achievement for a student of the sciences, and the IITs/IT-BHU/ISM attract most of the brightest students of the nation.
2008 Batch 311,258 candidates appeared 8,652 candidates have been declared qualified to seek admission, selectivity of 1 in 36 overall 1 in 45 for the 6,872 seats in IITs,IT-BHU and ISM 1 in 56 for the IITs
Current examination format
IIT JEE-2008 was conducted on April 13, 2008 retaining the same pattern as IIT JEE-2007 containing Paper-I & Paper-II (IIT-JEE-2007 had two papers of three hours duration each. The two papers each contained maths, physics and chemistry sections (in previous years, there were separate maths, physics and chemistry papers, each of two hours' duration). The syllabus of the examination is based on topics covered by the CBSE Board Examination (AISSCE) and the ISC Board Examination. All topics of the AISSCE and the ISC are not included in the IIT JEE syllabus. The pattern of questions in IIT JEE is deliberately variable so as to minimize the chance of students getting selected by cramming up the probable questions. Currently, the examination has objective type question paper for all the subjects and uses machine readable Optical mark recognition(OMR) answer sheets.
Given the importance attached to the IIT JEE by students all over India, the IITs follow a rigorous procedure when conducting it every year. The exam is set by the IIT JEE Committee (consisting of a group of faculty members drawn from the admitting colleges) under the tightest security. Multiple sets of question papers are framed and the set that is to actually be used on the day of the exam is known to only about five individuals.
IIT JEE has been noted for originality and Quality in its questions.
History
The IIT JEE has evolved considerably from its initial pattern approximately 52 years back. Initially, there were 4 subjects in IIT JEE, the English language paper being the additional subject. During the period from 2000 to 2005, the IIT JEE also had a screening test in addition to the IIT JEE main examination in order to reduce the load on the IIT JEE main examination by screening only about 20,000 top candidates. In 1997, the IIT JEE was conducted twice after the question paper was leaked in some centres.
In September 2005, an analysis group comprising of directors of all the IITs announced major reforms in IIT JEE, implemented from 2006 onwards. The new test consists of a single objective test, replacing the earlier two-test system. The candidates belonging to the general category must secure a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate in the qualifying examination of the XIIth standard organized by various educational boards of India. Candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Physically Disabled (PD) categories must secure a minimum of 55% in aggregate in the Qualifying Examination.The introduction of only one stage objective exam instead of two stages and a subjective one has led to decline in quality of students who are selectedTemplate:Fact. This can be well understood by the fact that over one hundred students failed in their Ist year B.Tech exams at IIT Kanpur alone.
In 2008, the director and the dean of IIT Madras called for revamping IIT JEE, saying that the coaching institutes were "enabling many among the less-than-best students to crack the test and keeping girls from qualifying." They expressed concern that the present system did not allow for the 12 years of schooling to have a bearing on admissions into IITs.
According to the data released by the organizing committee of IIT-JEE, the children of medical professionals had the highest success rate in the IIT-JEE (for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008). They were followed by the children of engineers. The maximum number of students taking IIT-JEE are the children of government employees, but they had a much lower success rate.
Seats
The number of students taking this examination has increased substantially each year with the JEE-2008 registering about 311,258 candidates. The availability of seats in recent years is as given in table below:
| Institute | Intake (2003) | Intake (2006) | Intake (2007) | Intake (2008) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIT Bombay | 554 | 574 | 574 | 648 |
| IIT Delhi | 552 | 553 | 553 | 626 |
| IIT Guwahati | 350 | 365 | 365 | 435 |
| IIT Kanpur | 456 | 555 | 541 | 608 |
| IIT Kharagpur | 659 | 895 | 874 | 988 |
| IIT Madras | 554 | 520 | 540 | 612 |
| IIT Roorkee | 546 | 616 | 746 | 884 |
| New IIT's opened in 2008 | ||||
| IIT Bhubaneshwar | 120 | |||
| IIT Gandhinagar | 120 | |||
| IIT Hyderabad | 120 | |||
| IIT Patna | 120 | |||
| IIT Punjab | 120 | |||
| IIT Rajasthan | 120 | |||
| Total (IIT's) | 3571 | 4078 | 4193 | 5521 |
| IT-BHU (Varanasi) | 568 | 708 | 686 | 766 |
| ISM Dhanbad | 444 | 658 | 658 | 705 |
| TOTAL | 4583 | 5444 | 5537 | 6992 |
The age limit General Category: 25 years. SC, ST and PD categories: 30 years
Starting 2007, a candidate can take the JEE two times at the most. Students who are selected for admission to an IIT cannot attempt the examination again in the future. From 2008 six new IITs have been opened with 120 seats each increasing the total no.of seats to almost 7000. It is expected that by 2010 there will be 10000 seats!
IIT JEE Preparation
IIT JEE preparations has become an industry over the last 15 odd years. From the beginning of the 1990's FIITJEE, Delhi and Bansal Classes, Kota have made this into a very large industry. Read further details here IIT JEE Coaching
