With the National Testing Agency (NTA) announcing the Jee Main 2023 exam dates, which will be conducted in two sessions January 2023 and April 2023, candidates have expressed their disappointment with the testing body and asked for a postponement of the exam along with a number of other demands.
"Online submission of Application form 15 December 2022 to 12 January 2023 and session 1 exam will be conducted 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 January" while session 2 exam date will be announced later on the website," the NTA notification had said during the announcement of the exam dates.
With CBSE Class 10-12 pre-board exams and practical exams falling between the JEE Mains, and the requirement of 75% criterion being mandatory to be eligible for the engineering entrance examinations, many candidates have come out on Twitter and other social media platforms.
Here are some tweets which have highlighted the issues being faced by candidates:
— NSUI Uttarakhand (@NSUIUttarakhand) December 17, 2022
1. Relaxation criteria in #JEEMain2023 to allow 2020 class 12 passouts
2. POSTPONE JEE Main Jan Attempt to April 2023
3. Remove the 75% eligibility Criteria For #JEEMains2023
CC:@DG_NTA @dpradhanbjp#JEE2023ForAll2020 pic.twitter.com/s1xsXXdEHm
#postponejeemains2023 #JEE2023 #JEEMain2023 @DG_NTA @DrRPNishank @AmitShah @PMOIndia @EduMinOfIndia
— Sneha (@JeeAspirant2O23) December 16, 2022
Reasons pic.twitter.com/1NrZ4wqw4Y
Humble Request to @DG_NTA @dpradhanbjp @narendramodi
— Siri (@supersiri20) December 16, 2022
1. Relax the eligibility criteria of #JEEMain2023 to allow 2020 Class 12 passouts
2. POSTPONE JEE Main 2023 Jan Attempt to April
3. Remove the 75 Percent Criteria
Please Re-Tweet this! #jeemainsinapril #JEE2023ForAll2020 https://t.co/2UM684c3OV pic.twitter.com/ii7SjZ4MpO
Humble Request to @DG_NTA @dpradhanbjp @narendramodi
— Namo Kaul (@namokaul) December 15, 2022
1. POSTPONE JEE Main 2023 Jan Attempt to April
2. Remove the 75 Percent Criteria
Please Re-Tweet this! #JEEMain2023inApril #75GoBack #JusticeForDroppers
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram who serves as the MP for Sivaganga in Lok Sabha also raised the issue regarding eligibility criteria in the parliament.
Following up on my letter and Zero Hour, I once again urge @dpradhanbjp @EduMinOfIndia @DG_NTA to immediately relax the eligibility criteria for #JEE2023. Our bright students should not be denied the opportunity to study in leading engineering colleges of their dreams. https://t.co/LBRDhaVkbJ pic.twitter.com/lWfDeHNEQJ
— Karti P Chidambaram (@KartiPC) December 15, 2022
Why is the @DG_NTA in a hurry to release dates of the #JEE2023 exam? When the Delhi HC is currently hearing pleas of aggrieved students? Can NTA categorically state that there were no technical glitches in JEE 2022?
— Karti P Chidambaram (@KartiPC) December 16, 2022
The JEE Main 2023 brochure states that, suject to the requirement that the students should have obtained at least 75% marks in the Class 12 exams, admission to BE, BTech, BArch, and BPlanning courses in NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs participating through Central Seat Allocation Board will be based on all India rank. Candidates from the SC and ST groups must have obtained a 65% on the qualifying exam or in Class 12.
This is in contrast to NTA's earlier rule during the Covid-19 period which removed the 75% criteria as a one-time measure citing the pandemic's impact on the education of candidates.
JEE Main 2023: Here's why candidates are tweeting #jeemainsinapril on Twitter; read tweets here