NEW DELHI: The merit list for admission to engineering colleges, including Indian Institutes of Technology, through the Joint Entrance Examination – Main (JEE-Main) will be based on percentile scores and not raw marks aspirants scored in the test with the introduction of a two-cycle computer-based examination system from 2019.
JEE (Main) is the qualifying examination for those intending to sit for JEE (Advanced) for admission to IITs. As the formats for engineering and architecture courses have changed with tests to be held in January and April, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced a new procedure for arriving at the NTA score, which will be the basis of the final merit list for admissions to IITs.
A senior official of the HRD ministry…
