Question : IIT Entrance Examination

(a) the total number of SC,ST, MBC, OBC and BC students who appeared for IIT-Entrance examination and the percentage of those students managed to clear them categorized by community;

(b) the total number of SC, ST, MBC, OBC and BC students from Tamil Nadu who managed to clear the IIT Entrance examinations & secured admission

(c) the total number of SC, ST, MBC,OBC, BC students across India who managed to clear the IIT-Entrance examination but were unable to secure admission/ unable to take up admission and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(d) whether the Government has taken steps to provide access to coaching facilities to poor and underprivileged students from marginalised communities, and if so the details thereof?

MINISTER OF EDUCATION

(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)

(a) The total number of General, SC, ST, OBC-NCL and GEN-EWS students who appeared for IIT-Entrance examination JEE (Advanced) 2020 and the percentage of those students who qualified it is given below-
Category Appeared Qualified Qualified Percentage
General 39605 18028 45.51
SC 23775 7869 33.09
ST 10924 2818 25.79
OBC-NCL 52785 9349 17.71
GEN-EWS 23749 5140 21.64
Total 150838 43204
28.64

(b) The total number of General, SC, ST, OBC-NCL and GEN-EWS students from Tamil Nadu who managed to clear the IIT Entrance examination JEE (Advanced) 2020 & secured admission is given below.

Category Count of candidates
qualified from Tamil Nadu Allotted seat in
one of the IITs
General 510 208
SC 157 48
ST 16 3
OBC-NCL 359 166
GEN-EWS 14 1
Total 1056
426



(c ) The total number of General, SC,ST, OBC-NCL and GEN-EWS students across India who managed to clear the IIT-Entrance examination JEE (Advanced) 2020 but were unable to secure admission/ unable to take up admission is given below.
Category Count of candidates
NOT allotted seat
General 11626
SC 5460
ST 1608
OBC-NCL 4954
GEN-EWS 3495
Total 27143


The students from respective categories who cleared JEE (Advanced) 2020, but were not allocated a seat in IITs could be because of the following reasons –
i. They did not participate in JoSAA-2020, or did not complete formalities for seat confirmation (payment of fees, document upload etc.) or withdrew from the process during counseling .
ii. They were allocated a seat in NIT+ system during the joint seat allocation process.
iii. There were other candidates who secured higher ranks than these candidates in respective categories and got allocated the existing seats based on merit.

(d) In the interest of students including the most disadvantaged, Government has launched Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM), which offers interactive course content such as video lectures, reading material, self-assessment through tests and quizzes and online discussion forum for clearing doubts for students from Class 9 to postgraduation. The content can be accessed free of cost by anyone, anywhere at any time. Another initiative of the Government called Indian Institute of Technology - Professor Assisted Learning (IIT-PAL) which provides video content in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics prepared by IIT Professors and Kendirya Vidyalaya (KV) teachers for Class XI and Class XII students aspiring to join IITs and other Institutions. The content is available free of cost on dedicated DTH channels of SWAYAM PRABHA.
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