NEET, JEE Main 2021: NTA removes age criteria from tie-breaking policy; check how new rank will be calculated

-

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has removed the provision of giving importance to applicants older in age from the tie-breaking policy or rule for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) this year.

This new rule is a major change to the national-level Engineering and Medical entrance examinations that will take place across the country in 2021. As lakhs of candidates appear every year for these recognised entrance examinations, it is possible for applicants to score the same or equivalent marks.

Previously, the NTA followed the standard tie-breaking policy to assign ranks for candidates, but this year in the official information brochure of both JEE 2021 and NEET 2021, it does not mention the age criteria. Here are the links for the information brochures.

JEE Main information brochure 2020

NEET 2021 information brochure 

Earlier, the age factor played a big role to decide the all-India topper when two students hit the list. For example; Soyeb Aftab from Odisha and Akanksha Singh from Uttar Pradesh both secured 720 out of 720. Later, Soyeb was given all India rank 1 as he was older than Akansha, as per the News18 report. However, this policy will not be considered from this year onwards.

Details on JEE 2021 tie-breaking method:

From this year, candidates who secure equal NTA scores in BE or BTech will be judged on grades in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and finally having a lesser ratio of negative to positive responses. But in 2020, candidates older in age were given first priority.

Details on NEET 2021 tie-breaking policy:

If two or more applicants obtaining equal marks or percentile scores in the NEET (UG) 2021, the agency will evaluate them on the basis of their grades in Biology, Chemistry and finally with a smaller number of attempted incorrect and correct answers in all the subjects. Moreover, the tie-breaking criteria for NEET 2021 do not mention the age factor, as per the information brochure that was released this year.



from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/3DkjSWu
FP Trending

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Both COVID-19 vaccine doses needed for good protection against B16172 variant

-
It’s been a concerning few weeks in the UK, with the B16172 variant first taking hold and then spreading to become dominant. This more infectious form of the virus, initially identified in India, is what we’re now going to have to live with – unless it is out-competed by another variant in the future. Worryingly, experts had predicted that B16172 might be able to escape some of the effects of vaccines, which if true would threaten to derail the UK’s plans to finish lifting restrictions from the end of June. However, Public Health England (PHE) has looked at the ability of various variants to evade immunity and says that the UK’s vaccines remain effective against the variants circulating, including B16172. On the surface, this looks like good news. But delve a bit deeper, and things get more complicated, says Paul Hunter, professor of medicine at the University of East Anglia. PHE’s research found a little drop-off in protection against B16172 among people who were fully vaccinated.
Read more

New coronavirus variant emerge in India: How should our COVID response change?

-
Image
After genome sequencing of over 10,000 COVID-19 cases in India, researchers have discovered a new variant with two new mutations which may be better at evading the immune system. In 15-20 percent of samples from the Indian state of Maharashtra (the state accounting for 62 percent of cases in the country) a new, double mutation in key areas of the virus has been detected. These are now known as the E484Q and L452R mutations. What makes the variant different? Both these mutations are concerning because they are located in a key portion of the virus – the spike protein – that it uses to penetrate human cells. Spike proteins attach via a “receptor binding domain”, meaning the virus can attach to receptors in our cells. These new mutations include changes to the spike protein that make it a “better fit” for human cells. This means the virus can gain entry more easily and multiply faster. Given what we have seen with other similar mutations , it might also make it harder for our immu
Read more

Aditya L1 Mission: Spacecraft is nearing its final phase, says ISRO chief

-
Aditya L1 spacecraft is nearing its final phase, and manoeuvres to enter the L1 point are expected to be completed by January 7, 2024, according to ISRO Chairman S Somanath. “Aditya is on the way. I think it has reached almost its final phase,” the ISRO chief told PTI on the sidelines of an event organised at VSSC to commemorate the 60th year of the First Sounding Rocket Launch. Aditya L1, India’s first space-based mission to study the Sun, was successfully launched on September 2 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota. The spacecraft, after travelling about 1.5 million km from Earth over 125 days, is expected to be placed in a Halo orbit around the Lagrangian point L1, considered closest to the Sun. He said that the last preparations for the spacecraft’s entry into the L1 point are currently underway incrementally.”Possibly by January 7th, the final manoeuvres will be done for entering into the L1 point,” Somanath added. Among other tasks, it will capture and tr
Read more