INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
95.8% attendance.Of the total of 8,60,058 aspirants for the Paper 1 (BE/ BTech programmes), 8,23,850 sat for the computer-based exam based
on which admissions for the centrally funded technical institutions like the NITs and IIITs takes place, as well as the top 20% of the merit
the TOI in January, this edition of the JEE (Main) has received the highest number of registration by female candidates, crossing the 30%
mark and recording the highest ever percentage of female aspirants.The January session of the test got over on Wednesday and the next
session would be conducted in April
For Paper 2 (B Arch/ B Planning programmes), of the total of 46,465 registered candidates, 35,232 took the test.The test for BE/ BTech
programmes was conducted over six days, starting from January 24 with day two (January 25) registering the highest attendance of 96% where
over 1.45 lakh candidates appeared
Paper 2 was conducted on January 28 which registered 75.8% attendance.Of the total registration of 9,06,523, female candidates comprise
Among the female candidates 11.4% are from the EWS category, while 37% are from the SC, 9.1% from ST and 3.4% from the OBC categories.The
Urdu in 252 cities across 33 States/ UTs in two shifts
The exam was also conducted in 17 cities outside India including Dubai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Colombo, Jakarta, Moscow, Bangkok,
and Washington DC.At 1,03,039 , Maharashtra leads with the highest number of aspirants, followed by UP Uttar Pradesh at 99,714.
