CHENNAI: The IIT Joint Admission Board (JAB) on Sunday announced that the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) – which students take for admission to the IITs – will go online from 2018. Errors in this year’s question paper prompted the change, officials said.
Officials said an online test will help prevent mistakes and also avert situations like those encountered last year, when the JAB — the apex body that conducts the exam – reportedly gave 18 bonus marks to candidates who took the JEE Advanced because of printing and translation errors in the question paper.
After a meeting on Sunday, JAB members said they were optimistic that the online version of the JEE Advanced will ensure that there is greater accuracy and transparency in…
