http://www.jeemain-edu.in/ THE NEW WEB PORTAL OF JEE

Finally all things have been finally declared in the public domain including the pattern syllabus of JEE MAIN.
They have launched a new web portal http://www.jeemain-edu.in/ specifically for this purpose.

THE LINK TO SYLLABUS OF JEE MAIN 2013
http://www.jeemain-edu.in/FAQs%20JEE(Main)_new.pdf

Keep watching this space for further updates.

NEW FORMAT OF JEE 2013: REPEATERS TO APPEAR IN ALL EXAMS TO IMPROVE BOARD PERCENTAGE

The Central Board of Secondary Education on Thursday announced the revised scheme of entrance examination for admissions to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and other Centrally-funded technical institutions.

After discussions with the stakeholders, the CBSE has decided to hold a Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) from 2013. Under the revised scheme, JEE will be held in two parts: JEE (Main) and JEE (Advanced). The All India Engineering Entrance Examination will now be called the JEE (Main) and the IIT-JEE will now be referred to as JEE (Advanced). The JEE (Advanced) will have an exclusive Joint Admission Board and Joint Implementation Committee. The first exam — JEE (Main) — will be held on April 7, 2013 for BE/ B Tech/ B Architecture.

While all candidates will take the JEE (Main) which will “be the gateway” for JEE (Advanced), only top 150,000 students who qualify the JEE (Main) will be eligible to take the JEE (Advanced). This will include all reserved categories as well.

However, there is a difference in policy regarding the IITs. Admission to IITs will be based on “category-wise all India rank in JEE (Advanced) subject to the condition that such candidates are in the top 20 pecentile of successful candidates in class XII or an equivalent examination conducted by the various boards.

Admission to NITs and other Centrally-funded technical institutions like the IIITs and participating institutions will be as per rank list that will be based on 40 per cent weightage on school board marks in class XII or equivalent examination and 60 per cent weightage on JEE (Main).

MOST IMPORTANT

For droppers you will have to appear in all exams to improve your percentage in XII.

FOR OFFICIAL RELEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW

http://www.cbse.nic.in/press%20release0001_jee_main13_2012.pdf

THREE ATTEMPTS ALLOWED FOR JEE MAIN

Students appearing for the newly-announced Joint Entrance Exam (Main) 2013 will have three attempts to clear the exam, a new document has said. The JEE (Main) will determine entry to National Institutes of Technology and centrally-funded engineering colleges, and will be the first stage exam for entry into the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).


Last week, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which will conduct the exam, had announced that the offline test would take place on April 7, 2013, while the online tests will be held between April 8 and April 30 next year. Students can choose to write the test in either mode.
“The number of attempts which a candidate can avail JEE (Main) shall be limited to three for all the candidates in consecutive years,” said the document.
Those who finished Class 12 in 2011 or 2012 will also be eligible to appear for next year’s exam, in addition to the 2013 batch. The document also clarifies that students will be able to improve their Class 12 board exam performance, since these marks will also carry weightage from next year.
According to the new document, the three-hour exam will have objective type questions and multiple-choice questions. For each wrong answer, one-fourth of a mark will be cut, but there will be no deductions for not attempting.

SOURCE: HT

P.S. I couldn't find official confirmation on any government site regarding this.

FINALLY NEET COMES!!!

FINALLY NEET becomes a reality. The first-ever National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Neet) for admission to MBBS and BDS courses will be held on May 5, 2013. All the medical and dental colleges in government and private sector across the country have to allot seats in MBBS and BDS courses to students based on merit secured in Neet from the next academic year (2013-14).
CBSE has released on official press release which is given under:

Pursuant to the Notification published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated                      
21stDecember, 2010, the Medical Council of India with the approval of the Central Government 
amended the regulations on Graduate Medical Education 1997 and made provision for a Single Eligibility 
cum Entrance Examination, namely, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to MBBS 
Course in each academic year.
The Dental Council of India also amended the BDS Course Regulations 2007 and notified in the 
Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 31stMay, 2012 that admission to BDS Course in each academic year 
shall be through National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET).  
The Medical Council of India and Dental Council of India have notified that the Central Board of 
Secondary Education shall be the organization to conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for 
admission to MBBS and BDS Courses.  Accordingly, the Central Board of Secondary Education will conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses in the academic session 2013-14 on Sunday, the     05thMay, 2013.Admission to MBBS and BDS Courses in the institutions approved by the Medical Council of India and Dental Council of India are subject to merit position of candidates in the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (Under-Graduate), 2013.
The syllabus for this examination as notified by the Medical Council of India is available on 
website www.mciindia.org.

JEE MAIN: CBSE PRESS RELEASE

Now confusion is fully over?
CBSE has issued a press release regarding JEE MAIN. The release can be seen on http://cbse.nic.in/JEE_Main_2013_Press_Release_2012.pdf

The text of it is given under

The JEE  (Main) (Paper I of earlier AIEEE) for B.E./B.Tech will be held in two modes, viz offline and online (CBT). The offline examination for JEE (Main) will be held on 7th April, 2013 and the online examinations will be held thereafter in April, 2013.

The  examination (Paper II of  earlier  AIEEE)  for admissions to B.Arch/B.Planning courses at NITs, IIITs, DTU, Delhi and other CFTIs will be held on 7th April, 2013 in offline mode only.

The merit list for admission to NITs, IIITs, DTU, Delhi and other CFTIs will be prepared by giving 40% weightage (suitably normalised) to class XII (or equivalent examination) or other qualifying examination marks and 60% to the performance in JEE (Main) Examination.

The JEE (Main)-2013 (Paper  I of earlier AIEEE) will have one objective type question paper. The paper will consist of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The duration of  the  paper will be 3 (Three) Hours.

The Paper II for admissions to B.Arch/B.Planning courses at NITs, IIITs, DTU, Delhi and other CFTIs will have one Question Paper consisting of Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing Test as per past practice of AIEEE. The duration of the paper will be 3 (Three) Hours.

Only 1,50,000 of the top rankers in JEE (Main), which includes students from all categories (GE, OBC (NCL), SC and ST) will be eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced)-2013 (hitherto known as IIT-JEE) for admission to IITs, IT BHU and ISM Dhanbad.  Notice in this regard has been issued by the IIT system separately.

FIRST NOTIFICATION OF JEE 2013 out!!

 Putting to rest all confusion over admission to Indian Institutes of Technology(IITs), the joint admission board (JAB) of IITs clarified that the format of the joint entrance examination (JEE)-Advanced paper will be the same as that of IIT-JEE in the last few years. 

The ministry for human resource development (MHRD) issued its first ever notification on JEE-2013 for admissions to all centrally-funded technical institutes on August 14. 

JEE-Advanced, which will determine admissions to IITs for 2013, will be held on June 2. The JEE-Advanced paper will only have multiple-choice questions which the students will attempt in two sessions, morning and afternoon. This will come as a relief for aspirants who had been preparing in keeping with the old format which did not include subjective questions. Several IITs, including the one in Mumbai, were in favour of a subjective JEE. 

The difficulty level of and the marks allotted to JEE-Advanced tests will be similar to that of previous JEEs. 

"We have decided that the format of the test should remain the same as it is too late to introduce changes. However, the notification is just for 2013. The MHRD has also formed an apex board in order to have a smooth JEE-Main and JEE-Advanced this year and in future too," said a seniorofficial from IIT-Bombay. Ashok Misra, the former director of the institute, is the honorary chairperson of the JAB. 

The official, who attended the JAB meeting, added, "Machine-readable answersheets will also be retained. The rule allowing candidates to take home a copy of their answersheets will also be followed. While the format and everything else will remain the same in 2013, it can change in future." 

According to the notification, top 1.5 lakh candidates, including all categories, from the JEE-Main exam will be eligible to appear for the JEE-Advanced. Students who qualify in the JEE-Advanced exam and fall in the top 20 percentile of the successful candidates in their respective board results will be eligible for admission to IITs. 

If states want to admit any students on the basis of JEE scores, a separate state merit list will be given to them. Questions papers can be printed in regional language on demand.

UNCERTAINTY OVER: Advance JEE to be held on June 2 next year

KANPUR: The Advance Joint Entrance Exam-2013 would be held on June 2 next year. The blueprint of the conduct of the exam has been prepared in IIT Delhi. The students appearing in this Advanced JEE would be getting a chance to take admission in IITs, IT-BHU and ISM-Dhanbad. 

The Joint Admission Board (JAB) has accepted the percentile based formula for conducting the JEE in 2013. Deliberation in this regard was held during the JAB meeting held in Delhi on Sunday. 

The IIT-JEE aspirants will be required to appear in a screening test first. Those who will qualify will be given an opportunity to sit in the Advanced JEE. The students will be tested upon their knowledge in Physics, Chemistry and Maths. The exam would be held in two shifts as it was held in JEE-2012. The questions will be objective in nature. The duration for each paper would be three hours. 

It is also important to mention that the exam would be held under the aegis of IIT system. The IITs will only hold academic and administration rights to interfere in the exam, if need be.


Courtesy: THE TIMES OF INDIA

NITs accept weightage to board marks

The National Institutes of Technology today embraced a new admission procedure with provision for 40 per cent weightage to board marks normalised through a percentile-based formula found unsuitable for IITs.

The NIT Council, headed by human resource development minister Kapil Sibal, decided that the institutes would follow a 40:60 weightage formula to board marks and JEE-Main scores to select students for 20,000 seats in B.Tech courses.

The aspirants will not have to take the JEE-Advanced test, as reported by The Telegraphon June 26.

Unlike the IITs, the NITs could not protest against the percentile-based procedure to be followed to give a normalised score to a student based on his/her performance in a board exam vis-à-vis other boards.

The same procedure was pushed for the IITs but faculty members objected, saying the percentile-based normalisation was unsuitable for comparing and establishing parity in scores of students of different boards given the variation in evaluation and assessment methods.

The IIT and NIT councils had a joint meeting on May 28 in which they agreed to give differential weightage to board marks for their admission from 2013. But in its June 27 meeting, the IIT Council dropped weightage to board marks in the preliminary screening.

The IIT Council decided it would select 1.5 lakh students appearing for JEE-Main on the basis of their performance, These students would have to appear for JEE-Advanced, a separate test to be conducted by IITs on a separate date. The merit list for admissions to IITs would be drawn on the basis of the all-India rank in JEE Advanced, provided such candidates were in the top 20 percentile of successful candidates in their boards in applicable categories.

On May 28, the NIT Council decided that the institutes would give 40 per cent weightage to board marks and 30 per cent weightage each to JEE-Main and JEE-Advanced, which were supposed to be held on a single day.

“Since the IIT Council decided to hold the JEE-Advanced on a separate date, the NIT Council felt that the NITs should not follow two-round entrance tests because it will add to the stress of students. They will follow one test, the JEE-Main, and 40 per cent weightage to board marks,” a source said.

The NIT Council also decided to set up a committee comprising some NIT directors, the CBSE chairperson and other experts to look into issues relating to normalisation of Class XII board marks on percentile basis.

The council members resolved to facilitate implementation of the new admission policy in close co-ordination with the CBSE.

The HRD ministry will hold a meeting with the Indian Institutes of Information Technology to decide their admission policy.

Source: THE TELEGRAPH

COMMENT:This will clearly differentiate IITs and NITs. IITs and their alumnus had the guts to take on Sibbal but NITS and alumnus can't fight