IIT JAB meet comes up with 'solution'

NEW DELHI: The emergency meeting of the IIT joint admission board ( JAB) in Delhi on Saturday agreed to work out the modalities of the JEE advanced examination.

It also discussed a possible resolution of the current stand off between IITs and the IIT Council chaired by HRD minister Kapil Sibal.

A person close to the matter said the JAB has worked out a “compromise formula” in which students in the top 20 percentile in each board would be eligible to appear for the JEE Main exam.

However, the board marks will not be given any weightage.