The Ministry of Education has decided to waive off the minimum 75 percent marks eligibility criteria that candidates need to score in class 12 exams to be eligible for NITs, IITs, SPAs and other Central Funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs) for the academic year 2021-22, whose admissions are based on JEE (Main).

“Considering the decision taken for IIT JEE(Advanced) and in line with the decision taken for the last academic year, it has been decided to waive off the 75% marks (in class 12 exam) eligibility criteria under Joint Entrance Examination (Main) for the next academic year 2021-2022 in respect of NITs, IIITs, SPAs and other CFTIs, whose admissions are based on JEE (Main),” Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank tweeted.

In the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) had last year relaxed norms for admissions into NITs and CFTIs.

As per the relaxation, NITs will admit undergraduate students based on their performance in Joint Entrance Exam-Mains (JEE-Mains) and will discount the class 12 board examination marks in selection process.

Earlier, along with the performance in JEE-Mains, NITs used to demand either 75 per cent mark in the board examinations or a place in the top 20 percentile of their respective boards.

Source: PTI

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