The JEE Main 2024 Session 1 results were announced on February 13 for over 12 lakh candidates. Concerns about potential irregularities in the JEE Main 2024 results are surfaced on social media. Some students claimed that NTA took the exam of 24 per cent of 12 lakh candidates who applied in a single shift. But NTA has dismissed these allegations as false.
According to NTA officials, statements suggesting that the examination was conducted for 65 per cent of candidates across four shifts in the first two days of the JEE exam are incorrect. The National Testing Agency (NTA), responsible for administering the exam has provided clarification on the normalization procedure as well.
“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,” the agency said in an official notice.
The JEE Main Session 1 exam was conducted in a total of 10 shifts. Approximately 9.9% to 10% of candidates participated in each shift, except for the 10 shift where the percentage was slightly lower at 9.6%. A senior NTA official shared insights regarding the allegations in a report published by NBT. As per the official statement, out of the 23 students who obtained a 100 per cent score, 14 students appeared for the exam on January 27 and 29. The remaining 9 candidates who secured 100 per cent appeared in the other 6 shifts.
A viral video by a YouTuber claimed that NTA examined approximately 24 per cent of students in the first shift on January 27, totalling around 2.9 lakh students. But NTA refuted this, stating that the examination was conducted for 1.22 lakh and 1.25 lakh students in two shifts on the first day.
The agency also said that the January session saw an increase of 27 per cent in the number of registered candidates compared to last year. “The session was conducted in 10 shifts which is 02 shifts less than the previous year despite the number of registered candidates going up to 1221624 as compared to the previous year’s count of 860064 i.e. an increase of 27%,” the official notice states.
According to NTA sources, approximately 10-10 per cent of students were examined in each shift. NTA also stated that the calculation of the JEE Main result percentage follows a global practice adopted by the GRE and GMAT. Presently, CSIR and the Railway Recruitment Board have implemented this system in their examinations. Students can check the JEE Main 2024 results on jeemain.nta.ac.in and jeemain.nta.nic.in.
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