Lucknow: UP board has highest percentage of students from OBC (Non-creamy layer) who took JEE Advanced, after Tamil Nadu and Kerala. 57% students from UP Board who appeared for JEE Advanced belong to OBC, while Kerala and Tamil Nadu boards had 75% and 72% OBC candidates, respectively. Maharashtra Board had 41.8% OBC who cracked JEE Advanced. National boards like CBSE and ISC had 31% and 26% share of OBC students.
The high percentage of OBC students, said experts, is a sign that IITs are no more the reserve of educated elite and are witnessing a significant class shift. Among 1.7 lakh bright students who took the IIT JEE (Advanced) on Sunday, there were 37% OBC candidates, which was almost same as 40% open category students who tried their…
