New formula for IIT exam
New Delhi, Oct. 19 2011: IIT 2012 aspirants sit for the JEE next year, they will have the freedom to concentrate on questions of their choice and not worry about subject-wise performance. The Joint Admission Board (JAB), which conducts the IIT-JEE, today decided to scrap the average formula and follow a new system for calculating the qualifying marks in the 2012 exam .Previously, students had to secure a minimum qualifying mark in a subject, which was the average of marks of all candidates in that subject, and another aggregate qualifying mark, which was the average of the total marks of all candidates. Students who cleared both the average qualifying marks made it to the IIT-JEE list.
The new system was scrap the average formula for calculating the marks needed to qualify for the IIT-JEE list. General category candidates now must score at least 10 per cent in each subject and 35 per cent in aggregate to find a place on the common rank list. Earlier, a candidate was in the dark about what the minimum eligibility would be in a particular subject. Hence candidates were giving almost equal time toanswer questions from mathematics, chemistry and physics to ensure that they did not score less than the average mark in the subject.
Separate lists will be prepared for the Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories. OBC candidates have to score at least 9 % in each subject and 31.5 % in aggregate to qualify for the OBC rank list, while SC/ST students must score at least 5 per cent in each subject and 17.5 per cent in aggregate to be on their respective rank lists.
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