In order to make logistics and evaluation process less complicated for all, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) which is the policy-making body on IIT admissions has decided to make the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) completely online.
Now, students will now have to take the exam at designated centers; answering question on a computer, instead of marking their answers in an Optical Mark Reading (OMRsheet).
While this decision might seem a straight forward at face value, the reality is a lot trickier.
Here’s why:
While most city-dwelling students might be comfortable with this new format, the rural counterpartsmight struggle in comparison. It is a common notion that many IIT aspirants move to bigger cities to prepare for…
