Summary
No clarity on BTech admission dates
The results of the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) 2024 were announced on Thursday. However, there is no clarity yet as to when admissions to BTech courses in the state’s engineering institutions will commence.
This year 1,12,963 of the 1,13,492 students (99.53 per cent) who appeared in the engineering entrance test held on April 28, received rank cards.
There are 34,000 BTech seats to be filled through the Bengal JEE.
Among the first 10, two students from the Bengal board stood first and second. In the top 10, four students are from the Bengal board, four from the CBSE board and two from the ISC council.
Last year, among the first 10, six students were from the CBSE, two from the Bengal board and one was from the ISC council.
The seat matrix is yet to be drawn up because the deadline set by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for approving changes to the number of seats in colleges and courses offered by them is June 30, said Dibyendu Kar, registrar of the JEE board.
AICTE is the apex body, which governs technical education across the country.
“We are ready with our preparation to hold the three-phased counselling. However, the JEE board is awaiting details from the AICTE, the Architecture Council of India and the Pharmacy Council of India. Once we get the details the board will be able to announce the counselling schedule,” Malayendu Saha, the JEE board chairman, told reporters.
Apart from the BTech programmes, the JEE exam is held to admit programmes to admit students to the pharmacy and architecture programmes.
Why did the board not wait for the AICTE and other apex bodies to share the relevant details before announcing the results?
“Since the results have been prepared, we are bound to share the results with students. Once the students get the results, they get enough time to decide what courses they could opt for based on their performances,” said the JEE board chairman.
“We cannot focus on other exams before publishing the results of the JEE, which is our flagship exam,” said a JEE board official.
The statistics put out by the board revealed that Bengal board students outnumbered students from other boards among the successful candidates.
The board chairman could not give any figure on what was the board-wise representation among the first 1,000 candidates.
Usually, there are more CBSE and ISC students than those from the Bengal board in this bracket.
This newspaper had reported on several occasions that many candidates among the first 200 on the JEE merit list do not prefer to study in premier Bengal institutions such as Jadavpur University and opt for the IITs and NITs.
Last year the counselling registration started on 20 July.
A board official said they hope to start earlier this year.
There will be three rounds of counselling — allotment, choice upgrade and mop-up.
Registration will be allowed at the beginning of the allotment and mop-up rounds.
Since last year the board has also allowed registration at the mop-up round to attract more students and ensure fewer seats remained vacant compared with previous years.
Last updated on 07 Jun 2024
