1.6 lakh students to sit for IIT JEE Advanced exam today

New Delhi: JEE Advanced began today from 9 am at around 1000 exam centres across 222 cities in India. The major engineering entrance exam for admission to the IITs is being conducted by IIT Delhi and 1,60,831 students of the 2,50,000 top qualifiers of JEE Main 2020 registered for the same.

The IIT admission test JEE Advanced will be conducted on 27 September, in two shifts, from 9 am to 12 pm and 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.

The reporting time for JEE Advanced 2020 for every candidate is different to ensure social distancing. All students must wear mask and hand gloves and bring a hand sanitizer (50 ml) to the examination hall along with the admit card, the self-declaration form, a valid photo ID proof and a simple ballpoint pen.

The seating area of the candidates would be sanitized along with the monitor, keyboard, mouse, webcam and the chair. The candidates are also ensured that even the doorknobs would be sanitized during the exams.

Around 98% students were allotted an exam city from amongst their top three choices during registration. Moreover, there would be no biometric registration this time.

Thermal scanning was conducted at the entry point and if any candidate showed an above-normal temperature or any Covid-19 symptoms, they were put in isolation rooms to appear for the exam.