The Joint Engineering Entrance (JEE) main, formerly known as the All India Engineering Entrance Examination, had registered a record 14 lakh candidates for the 2013 exams. This is the highest ever registration for the test conducted by the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education).
What is interesting is that while the year on year increase in number of aspirants since 2008 has been in between 20,000 to 30,000, this year it increased by nearly 2.8 lakh. The examinations will be conducted in April 2013. JEE is conducted for candidates aspiring for admissions to BE, BTech and architecture courses at NITs, IITs, Delhi Technological University and other centrally-funded technical institutes (CFTIs).
According to CBSE officials, this year has not only seen an all time high, but the increase in terms of numbers has also been the highest. “Around 14 lakh aspirants have registered, which is nearly 2.8 lakh more. Last year aound 11.2 lakh candidates registered for the exam,” said CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi.
While AIEEE and IIT-JEE were separate exams till 2012,it was decided that from now on admissions to engineering and architecture courses will be based on JEE (main) and advanced.
What is interesting is that while the year on year increase in number of aspirants since 2008 has been in between 20,000 to 30,000, this year it increased by nearly 2.8 lakh. The examinations will be conducted in April 2013. JEE is conducted for candidates aspiring for admissions to BE, BTech and architecture courses at NITs, IITs, Delhi Technological University and other centrally-funded technical institutes (CFTIs).
According to CBSE officials, this year has not only seen an all time high, but the increase in terms of numbers has also been the highest. “Around 14 lakh aspirants have registered, which is nearly 2.8 lakh more. Last year aound 11.2 lakh candidates registered for the exam,” said CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi.
While AIEEE and IIT-JEE were separate exams till 2012,it was decided that from now on admissions to engineering and architecture courses will be based on JEE (main) and advanced.
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