No rest in 75% class 12 marks rule for IIT admissions, says Joint Admission Board
There can be no change within the minimal 75% marks criterion for admission to the Indian Institutes of Know-how (IITs) via JEE (Superior) 2026the Joint Admission Board (JAB) clarified on Thursday amid calls for for one-time rest in Class 12 eligibility necessities.
The calls for had been made within the wake of rising considerations amongst college students over the delay in re-evaluation strategy of Central Board of Secondary Training (CBSE) exams after the introduction of On-Display screen Marking (OSM) system this yr.
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Eligibility standards can’t be lowered
Responding to calls for from college students and oldsters amid delays in remaining CBSE outcomes on account of ongoing re-evaluation requests, JAB, chaired by IIT Roorkee director Kamal Kishore Pant, mentioned the eligibility standards can’t be lowered as a result of candidates from 36 completely different faculty boards take part within the admission course of.
“No rest in marks as candidates from 36 completely different boards are taking part. We printed this criterion nearly in December and final yr there have been candidates who misplaced IIT/NIT seats primarily on account of percentages. Therefore, reducing is just not attainable; nonetheless, we’re in shut contact with CBSE and can attempt to resolve this for all these affected candidates on precedence,” the JAB mentioned in a press release.
What the board mentioned earlier
Earlier on June 1, Pant mentioned all JEE (Superior) certified candidates ought to take part in JoSAA counselling 2026 regardless of their Class 12 marks.
“Nonetheless, the ultimate admission shall stay topic to the fulfilment of the percentage-related eligibility necessities and different relevant situations prescribed within the JEE (Superior) 2026 Data Brochure,” he mentioned.
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A complete of 56,880 candidates certified JEE (Superior) 2026, a 4.6% enhance over final yr. Of them, 46,773 are males and 10,107 are girls — the best variety of girls ever to qualify for the examination.
The certified candidates will compete for 18,951 B Tech seats throughout 23 IITs via the counselling course of carried out by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority, which means solely about one in three certified candidates will in the end safe an IIT seat.
Below IIT admission guidelines, candidates should safe a minimum of 75% combination marks in Class 12 (65% for SC, ST and PwD candidates) or be among the many prime 20 percentile profitable candidates of their respective faculty boards.
The JoSAA 2026 counselling registration and choice-filling course of formally opened on June 2, 2026. The window for registration and selection filling is open till June 11 and this yr’s counselling can be carried out throughout 5 rounds of seat allocation until July 21.
