Although JEE Main 2024 results have been declared for Session 1, aspirants who have appeared for the competitive examination do not find any relief. The January session results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2024 have sparked widespread outcry among aspirants who claim inaccuracies in the scoring and percentile calculation by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Read this article, to know why students are unhappy with the JEE Main Session 1 results.
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JEE Mains 2024 Result Discrepancies – What Actually Happened?
JEE Main 2024 February 12, 2024: The National Testing Agency(NTA) was scheduled to announce the JEE Main 2024 Result for the Session 1 examination on February 12, 2024. However, the results were not declared on that day,
February 13, 2024: On February 13, the JEE Main 2024 Results were announced for Paper 1(B.E./B.Tech.). Candidates were allowed to download their NTA JEE Scores by visiting the official website at jeemain.nta.ac.in. The attendance across the country was 95.8% for Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.). The result for Paper 2(B.Arch./B.Planning) will also be declared shortly. Meanwhile, a total of 23 candidates received 100 NTA Score in Session 1 in Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.). But, soon after the announcement of the result, the student and other subject experts on X(Twitter) claimed that there was a huge difference in marks between sessions for the same percentile. Taking to X, an aspirant wrote, “JEE Main 2024 result seems erroneous, Please Review for January 27 students. Not getting 90%ile even at 140 marks. Please explain. It’s a matter of future & life.”
Sharing a post on X, Pradeep Rawat, a Social Activist wrote,” JEE Main 2024 results are show ing gaps in scores & percentile, very worrying for Aspirants & It’s a request to @NTA_Exams to check for fair results as Jee aspirants dreams are on the line.”
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Students started using hashtags such as “#JusticeForJEEMains2024Aspirants, #NTAHelpJEEStudents2024 #jeemains2024results” on various social media, with several engineering aspirants tagging the Education Ministry and the National Testing Agency (NTA), Office of the Prime Minister of India, Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India to raise their demands and concerns over JEE Mains 2024 result discrepancies.
February 15, 16: The All India Student’s Union (AISU), a student-led organization, has brought to attention its demands for a fair and transparent process regarding the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main results. Calling it unacceptable, AISU wrote, “Candidates with lower marks getting higher percentiles due to NTA’s unequal distribution of candidates across shifts. This variation is huge and unfair.”
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JEE-NEET Students Community (JNSC) to meet Meanwhile, aspirants and many parents are currently considering legal action. They are planning to approach the court to address the matter. Concurrently, the JEE-NEET Students Community (JNSC) intends to present a representation to the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday, February 19, urging immediate action to address their concerns. “Year after year, #JeeMains aspirants face persistent challenges without adequate solutions. It’s time for @NTA_Exams,” reads the tweet.
“After a productive discussion with many parents planning to visit the NTA and meet the officials, we invite those interested to join us,” reads the tweet.
February 17, 2024: The National Testing Agency released clarification against the alleged JEE Main 2024 result discrepancies claims. “As per the norms followed by NTA, various Question papers of a similar nature in content were prepared and randomly selected for each shift without knowledge of the difficulty level of each Question paper. The varied difficulty level in Question papers is an inherent part and parcel of multi-shift examination and thus Normalization is the preferred mode for deciding scores. There is no equivalence between raw scores and normalized scores, NTA in an official statement said.
The “Normalization procedure based on Percentile Score” was used to ensure that candidates were neither benefitted nor disadvantaged due to the difficulty level of the examination. As per the policy, the NTA does not release the raw scores, it only releases the percentile. The Percentile Score is the Normalized Score for the examination (instead of the raw marks of the candidate) and is used for the preparation of the merit lists. In the event of the percentiles for the multi-shifts being dissimilar/unequal, the lowest will be the eligibility cut-off for that category for all candidates (i.e. all shifts). Raw marks obtained by the candidates in different shifts/sessions are converted to NTA Score.
The date/shift/slot of examination is randomly allotted by the computer as per the normalization process. During Session 1, it was ensured that each shift was equally distributed in terms of candidate count, gender, and category.
The process ensures that all candidates appearing in a shift are administered the same question paper with jumbled questions and options. In this sense, they are being tested on a level playing field. It is a common practice that, in such a case, a candidate who scores, say, 75 marks will always be ranked higher than any other candidate with lower marks, say 70, NTA added.
The percentile of candidates appearing in various shifts of the JEE (Main) – 2024 Session 1 calculated as per the above formula and declared on 12 February 2024, is as under:
‘After the declaration of the result of the JEE (Main) – 2024 Session 1, there have been numerous issues raised about the candidates with lower marks getting higher percentile. It is reiterated that the JEE (Main) – 2024 Session 1 examination has been conducted as per the norms and procedures followed for the conduct of any high-stakes examination thereby providing fair and equal opportunity for all candidates, NTA added.
Even after the National Testing Agency (NTA) issued an official statement debunking any discrepancies in the JEE Main 2024 results, students remain unconvinced. “we need transparency of the process. Publish exact marks, calculation method and percentile together. If it is not your policy, then change the policy. It’s simple. No scam please,” reads a tweet.
Calling an unfair calculation, another aspirant wrote,” Not a fair calculation…its sad such an important exam in a student’s life is screwed like this.”
“1)the difference between the difficulty level in 27 Jan and 31 Jan wasn’t that much of 80 marks! 2) specially 99%ile for 77 marks in maths is Just unbelievable compared to students reaction. 3) And if difficulty level was random that why only 4 shifts had higher cutoff…,” wrote a third user. “Why there is difference of 80 marks for the same percentile across the shifts? Must explain this. Please don’t say paper was easy on 27th and tough on 31st and please don’t say all brilliant took the test on 27th only,” a fourth user added.
The NTA Scores for Paper 2A (B.Arch.) and 2B (B.Planning) for the JEE (Main) – 2024 Session 1 will be issued in the next few days.
