Engineering aspirants gearing up for the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) 2021 online counselling sessions from August 13 to September 11 can have all their questions concerned at a free webinar to be held at 4pm on August 12.

The hour-long virtual session titled WBJEE 2021: Next Steps, part of the ABP Education Admission Fair 2021 powered by Anandabazar Patrika Online and The Telegraph Online, will be attended by Malayendu Saha, the chairperson of WBJEE Board, and Dibyendu Kar, the registrar of the WBJEE Board.

Saha and Kar will resolve students’ doubts related to admission in BTech courses at the 534-state aided and private engineering colleges and universities of West Bengal.

E-counselling for WBJEE will be held in three rounds this year —allotment, upgradation and mop-up.

Students who have cleared WBJEE 2021 can register for counselling and fee payment between August 13 and August 16.

The WBJEE Board has brought in several changes this year to quicken the admission process. Candidates will not have to go to reporting centres for physical verification of documents after locking their choice of institute. Also, unlike last year, the WBJEE Board is refraining from setting up virtual reporting centres. Instead, the institutes will themselves work as reporting centres, enabling the institutes to start classes early.

Candidates who have secured a rank in WBJEE 2021 can register for e-counselling at the board’s official website, www.wbjeeb.nic.in, after paying a fee of Rs 300. Registration is mandatory for counselling and admission, and is allowed only at the beginning of the first round.

The first round of seat allotment will be held on August 19. Students who are allotted seats in the first list have to pay the fees, get their documents verified and complete the admission procedure between August 20 and August 24. The second allotment list will be released on August 27.

The third or the mop-up round of e-counselling will begin on September 6. The seat allotment results of the mop-up round will be declared on September 11. Students who are allotted seats in the mop-up list have to complete the process between September 11 and September 15.

A total of 65,170 students had appeared for WBJEE on July 17 this year, of which 64,850 have been ranked. This year, the pass percentage stood at 99.5. The exam was held offline and the results were declared on August 6.

To know more, register at bit.ly/WBJEE2021 and join the free webinar by ABP Education.