why nta conducts 4times jee mains in a year? is there any reason for it? how many times one can appear in the jee mains?

Hi

From 2021, nta has decided to conduct 4 session of jee main in a year.

NTA has done it because,

there are following benefits of conducting  4 sessions of jee mains

-----------) your 1st attempt will give you 1st time real experience of the examination and you will get to know your weak areas which you can improve in the next session

-----------)  This will reduce the chances of dropping a year as  if you are not satisfied with your performance in 1st session, you can impove in other sessions as you get opportunity of attempting of all the 4 sessions

-----------) If anyone misses the examination due to reasons like illness, Board examination on the same date as that of jee mains , then he or she won't have to wait for one full year.

Coming to number of attempts,

One can give 12 attempts of jee main over 3 consecutive  years starting from the year of appearing 12th board examination.

Let's us see it in detail :-

One can give JEE Mains entrance examination for a maximum of 3 consecutive years starting from the year of passing 12th board examination.

Now,

JEE Main entrance examination is conducted 4 times a year i.e

--------------) 1st session usually in February

--------------)  2nd session usually in March

--------------) 3rd  session usually in April

--------------) 4th session usually in  May .

Out of these 4 attempts in a year, the one in which you get the best score is considered for admission process.

So,  the maximum number of attempts for jee mains entrance examination

= 4 times  x  3 years

=  12 attempts in total

So, one has a total of 12 attempts over 3 consecutive years  starting from the year of passing your 12th board examination.

For example,

If your 12th board examination passing year is 2022

then you are eligible for :-

• all the four sessions of JEE mains 2022

• all the four sessions of JEE main 2023

• and all the four sessions of jee main 2024

You can get the detailed JEE main eligibility criteria at

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-eligibility-criteria

If I tell you about jee advanced then,

One has a total of two attempts for JEE advanced over two consecutive years starting from the year of appearing for 12th board examination i. e as per , eligibility criteria one is eligible for JEE advanced examination only in the year in which he or she appears for 12th board examination and the next year following it.

For example,

If one gives 12th board in 2022 then

He is eligible for

• jee advanced 2022

• jee advanced 2023

You can check detailed eligibility criteria of JEE advanced by visiting our page the link for the same page is provided below

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-advanced-eligibility-criteria

Thankyou