Birla Public School (BPS) will be the host for upcoming Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main Unit in April 2018.
The school, got the responsibility bestowed upon it, will host both paper 1 and paper 2 on April 8. Further to that, BPS will also be a Computer-Based Test Center on April 15 and 16.
JEE is an engineering entrance examination conducted for admission to various engineering colleges in India. It is constituted by two different examinations - JEE Main and the JEE advanced.
Paper 1 is for admission to B.E./B.Tech courses and is conducted in both online and offline modes. Paper-2 is for admission to B.Arch and B.Planning courses and is conducted offline only.
From 2013 to 2016, the marks obtained in the class XII school board examination used to be accorded a 40% weightage in deciding the JEE Main all India rank
In 2017, CBSE made ‘aadhar’ card mandatory for students applying for JEE.
Students not having the card were asked to register for it before applying for JEE.
