New Delhi, Aug. 18: The Joint Entrance Examination Advanced, which governs BTech admissions to the Indian Institutes of Technology, is likely to become an entirely computer-based test from next year.
Three IIT directors independently told The Telegraph that the Joint Admission Board, made up of all the IIT directors, was expected to clear the proposal at its meeting in Chennai on Sunday.
Currently, the JEE Advanced gives candidates the option of taking the exam in the computer mode, possible only at a handful of centres, but most students prefer a pen-and-paper test at a centre nearer home.
If the exam becomes fully computer-based, every centre will be provided the questions through a CD or encrypted file. The…
