Govt relaxes eligibility criteria for admissions to NITs in view of pandemic

The HRD Ministry on Thursday announced a relaxation in the admission criteria for NITs and centrally funded technical institutions in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, doing away with the requirement of minimum 75 per cent marks in Class 12 board exams.

New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal laid out the criteria for admissions into the National Institute of Technology (NITs) and other centrally funded technical institutions as the academic calendar continues to suffer following the pandemic.

The new criteria for NITs and centrally funded technical institutions does away with the requirement of a minimum 75 per cent marks in Class 12 board exams.

HRD minister said that apart from qualifying JEE Main, the eligibility is to secure a minimum of 75% marks in XII Board exams or rank among the top 20 percentile in their qualifying examinations.

"Due to prevailing circumstances, Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) has decided to relax the eligibility criterion for admissions to NITs and other centrally funded technical institutions," Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank tweeted.

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The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Mains, which has been postponed twice, will now be held from September 1-6.