IIT-JEE to put scanned answer sheets on website

Updated on: Thursday, April 07, 2011

Each year, the joint entrance exam result buries the Indian Institutes of Technology under the Right to Information applications and legal cases. Lakhs of those who don’t make it to the IITs demand copies of their answer scripts, forcing the engineering colleges to usher in transparency.

For years, every RTI application was rejected; every court case favoured the IITs. For the first time now, the 2011 edition of the JEE will put out scanned copies of every student’s answer sheet. The exam will be held on Sunday and it will be taken by 4.85 lakh candidates, up from last year’s 4.72 lakh.

“Scanned images of the optical response sheets (ORS) with the candidates’ details and their responses will be displayed on the JEE website after May 25, 2011,” IIT-Kanpur’s director Sanjay Dhande said.

Like every year, IIT-Kanpur will put up key answers, allowing students, for the first time, to compare their performance, and see where they have gone wrong.

IMPORTANT DATES

April 10, 2011: JEE exam

May 15, 2011: Display of model solutions to JEE 2011

May 25, 2011: Declaration of results JEE 2011

After May 25, 2011: Display of scanned images of ORS

May 30-June 13, 2011: Online filling of choices open to all the qualified candidates

June 08-10: Medical examination and counselling for qualified PD candidates (the schedule will be announced later on the IIT websites)

June 10 : Architecture/ Design Aptitude Test June 17 : Last date of receipt of filled and duly signed choice sheets.

IIT-JEE to put scanned answer sheets on website

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