Tue Nov 19 08:07:37 UTC 2024: ## JEE Advanced Exam Policy Reverted: Students Limited to Two Attempts
**New Delhi, [Date]** – The Joint Admission Board (JAB) has reversed its recent decision to allow students three attempts at the JEE Advanced exam, returning to the previous policy of only two attempts. IIT Kanpur, which administers the exam, announced the reversal on [Date of announcement], just two weeks after initially announcing the change on [Date of initial announcement].
The JEE Advanced exam, which determines admission to undergraduate courses at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), will continue to allow students to take the exam in consecutive years after passing their 12th-grade equivalent examination. Those who passed their qualifying exam in March 2024, March 2025, will be eligible for the upcoming May 2024 exam. Students who completed their qualifying exam before March 2024 will not be eligible.
This reversal follows earlier news about changes to the JEE Main exam. This is expected to cause significant impact on students, particularly those hoping for a third chance at the highly competitive JEE Advanced.
**Separate IIT Kanpur Seats for Olympiad Winners**
In separate news, IIT Kanpur announced it will offer B.Tech and B.S. seats to students who have participated in international Olympiads, regardless of their JEE Advanced performance. Six seats in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) will be allocated to students who participated in the International Olympiad in Informatics and Mathematics. Additional seats will be offered in other departments, including Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Chemistry, and Biological Sciences and Bioengineering. Applications for these seats will open in the first week of March, prior to the JOSAA counseling process. The details of whether these seats will be in addition to the existing seats or will reduce the seats for general applicants are yet to be clarified.
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