The impending Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2024, serving as the portal to IIT admission, is slated for 26 May. This assessment, administered in rotation by various IITs, is presently under the auspices of IIT Madras.
Distinguished by its dynamic format and mutable marking system, this examination perennially earns its reputation as one of academia’s most formidable challenges. Despite prior qualification through the JEE Main, an overwhelming 75 percent of candidates find themselves unable to surmount this intellectual hurdle.
Historically, successful candidates have attained scores ranging from 15 to 25 percent over the past half-decade. Nevertheless, a staggering 70 to 75 percent have fallen short of this benchmark, rendering them ineligible for Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counseling and subsequent IIT enrollment.
Noted educationalist Dev Sharma has remarked that, based on the cutoffs from recent years, aspirants from the general category have secured passage into JEE Advanced with scores spanning from 15.28 to 25 percent. Alarmingly, a significant 74 percent of examinees failed to even breach the 55-mark threshold out of a total of 360.
Sharma further divulged that in 2019, general category candidates necessitated a minimum score of 25 percent (equivalent to 93 out of 372) to warrant counseling, leaving a sizable 76 percent, or approximately 1.22 lakh candidates, falling short.
Fast forward to 2023, where the cutoffs for general, EWS, and OBC candidates stood at 86, 77, and 43 marks respectively, underscoring the substantial portion, accounting for 75 percent, who found themselves below par. In 2022, 1.14 lakh aspirants failed to achieve the 55-mark benchmark.
Notably, in 2023, out of 180372 examinees, a mere 24.26 percent (equivalent to 43,769 students) managed to secure success, leaving a staggering 1,36,603 disqualified.
A similar narrative unfolded in 2019, where out of 161319 test-takers, only 38705 tasted success, leaving a substantial 76 percent, or 122614 candidates, facing disappointment. This trend persisted through 2020, 2021, and 2022.
In light of these statistics, it becomes painfully apparent that the number of disqualified candidates vastly outweighs those who emerge victorious.
