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Will JEE Advanced Allow Three Attempts? IIT Kanpur Director Hints at Future Changes
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News18•18-10-2026, 13:47
Will JEE Advanced Allow Three Attempts? IIT Kanpur Director Hints at Future Changes
- •IIT Kanpur Director Manindra Agrawal hinted that students might get three attempts for JEE Advanced in the future.
- •Over 12000 candidates recently signed an online petition demanding an increase in the attempt limit.
- •IIT directors have expressed serious concern over the growing dependence of exams on expensive coaching culture.
- •Authorities are planning to reform the exam pattern to reduce the dominance of coaching and test conceptual understanding.
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Under current rules, candidates are permitted to take the JEE Advanced exam a maximum of two times, specifically in the year they pass their 12th board exams and the immediately following consecutive year.
More than 12,000 aspirants have signed an online petition urging the Ministry of Education, the IIT Council, and the Joint Admission Board to increase the number of attempts to three.
IIT Kanpur Director Manindra Agrawal expressed concern that the JEE Advanced exam is becoming completely dependent on coaching, which increases financial and mental pressure on students from ordinary and poor backgrounds.
