JEE Main 2014: CBSE to Conduct Exam Online in 235 Cities
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is expected to conduct the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) through the online mode in 2014. The exam is to be conducted in 235 cities in India. This shows that almost one in every three urban centers is going to be an online test center for the JEE Mains exam in 2014.
This initiative is being undertaken by CBSE to ensure that candidates especially female candidates do not face any inconvenience while appearing for the exam.
Apart from these centers, there are 85 other towns or cities which will conduct the exam offline (pen and paper mode). This has been done because it was noticed that for the first two years, the online entrance exam option did not see many takers. The online option for sitting through the entrance exam was introduced in 2012. In the same year, only 1.25 lakh students chose to appear for the examination through this online mode. The successive year, 2013, a meagre 1.75 lakh students of the total 14 lakh chose the online mode. However, CBSE officials claim that if there are many centers for online JEE Main entrance and if the students feel that it is closer to home then this trend will definitely pick up.
In 2013, the single JEE examination was broken into two parts, that is, JEE Main and JEE Advanced. The primary difference between the two is that CBSE conducts JEE Main as an entrance exam for NIT (National Institutes of Technology), IIT (Indian Institutes of Technology) , other CFTIs (Centrally Funded Technical Institutions) and some other institutions. JEE Main is also CBSE's eligibility examination for the JEE Advanced. So much so that, only the first 1.5 lakh candidates who clear the JEE Main qualify to appear for the JEE Advanced. The importance of JEE Advanced is that one needs to clear this common entrance exam to gain admission to undergraduate programs of ISM Dhanbad (Indian School of Mines Dhanbad) and IIT (Indian Institutes of Technology).
JEE Main 2014's online application process commenced on November 15, 2013 and will continue till December 26, 2013. To submit your application online you can visit JEE Main 2014 website .
As per a directive by CBSE the tentative dates for JEE Main 2014 is April 6, 2014 (on offline mode) and this examination will be held in two time slots that is 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and then from 2 pm to 5 pm. The online examination is to be held on multiple days which are April 9, April 11, April 12 and April 19. The results are expected to be announced on May 3, 2014
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