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Eligibility norms for IITs may be relaxed

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Eligibility-norms-for-IITs-may-be-relaxed/Article1-1110090.aspx?htsw0023 Eligibility norms for IITs may be relaxed While the overall pattern of the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for admission to IITs  may remain the same next year, the government could consider relaxing the eligibility criteria. But any relaxation can happen only if it is approved by the Joint Admission Board (JAB), a body for deciding admission to IITs, which meets on August 25. The directors of different IITs will review the percentile system for admission this year, which will finally be ratified at the IIT council meeting scheduled for September 3. The government had made the IIT entrance exam a two-phased one this year – JEE (main) and JEE (advanced). The eligibility criterion was changed from 60% in the board exams to being in the top 20 percentile of his/h