New Delhi: Following the declaration of JEE Advanced results a few weeks ago, several students who passed Class XII in 2020 are hoping for another chance in the next academic year.
In letters addressed to the Joint Admission Board (JAB) that organises admissions to the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), several students have put in a request to the authority to consider them eligible for the same exam for the third attempt in 2022, reported Hindustan Times.
According to the JEE rules, a student who clears class XII is provided three attempts at JEE Main and two attempts at JEE-Advanced, which includes the year they clear the class XII exam.
“Students who cleared class XII in 2020 got two attempts at JEE in very troubled times. In 2020 the country was struggling with increasing Covid-19 cases and similarly the after effects of the second wave affected many students and their families personally. Several of us lost someone we know and love and amidst all this it became difficult to focus on studies,” JEE Advanced 2020 candidates Mohammad Areeb was quoted as saying by HT.
“Both years (2020 and 2022) the JEE-Adv exam was forced on students when they were least prepared and this has affected our overall performance,” Areeb said.
“Students in cities didn’t face the problem of a digital divide that students in rural areas faced due to lack of basic amenities like a laptop or servers. Many students had to resort to self-studies to keep preparing for competitive exams and the effect was seen in our results. It is only fair that we be given another chance to fight for a place in IITs,” another JEE examinee Saurab Kumar said.
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