More than 1.14 lakh students have dropped out from appearing for the Joint Entrance Exam in the first three days, showed education ministry...
More than 1.14 lakh students have dropped out from appearing for the Joint Entrance Exam in the first three days, showed education ministry data released on Thursday. The drop-out rate currently stands at 25% with 3,43,958 of the 4,58,521 registered students appearing for the entrance exam.
The JEE Mains exam, which started on September 1, will continue till September 6. The JEE-Advanced exam is scheduled to take place on September 27.
As per education ministry data, the exam centres registered only 54.67% attendance on September 1. The next day, the attendance rose to 81%, on September 3 it was 82%. While day one was for students seeking admission in Bachelor in Architecture and Bachelor in Planning courses, the next two days were for those seeking admission into bachelor of engineering and bachelor of technology courses.
Here is the attendance for the last 3 days for #JEEMain. Heart whelming to see so many students participating in this Yagna to create #AatmaNirbharBharat despite #Covid_19 pandemic. I thank all Chief Ministers for their support to ensure that students' careers are not affected. pic.twitter.com/oWUlPLQC4z
— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) September 3, 2020
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