Education Ministry scrapped 75 percent marks eligibility criteria for JEE Main 2021

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal recently made the announcement that the Education Ministry has decided to waive off the 75 percent marks eligibility criteria for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2021 this year.

The admission criteria for NITs, IIITs, SPAs, and centrally funded technical institutions (CFTIs) have been relaxed by the Education Ministry this year by removing the requirement of 75 percent marks in Class 12.

The education minister tweeted, “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).”

Up until the last academic year, the student had to score a minimum of 75 percent marks in the class 12 board exams to seek admission into BE / BTech / BArch / BPlanning courses in NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs across the country.