Lok Sabha Question No. 3147 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: IIT Entrance Examination
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Dayanidhi Maran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3147 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2021

## IIT Entrance Examination

## 3147. SHRI DAYANIDHI MARAN:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of SC,ST, MBC, OBC and BC students who appeared for IITEntrance examination and the percentage of those students managed to clear them categorized by community;
- (b) the total number of SC, ST, MBC, OBC and BC students from Tamil Nadu who managed to clear the IIT Entrance examinations & secured admission
- (c) the total number of SC, ST, MBC,OBC, BC students across India who managed to clear the IIT-Entrance examination but were unable to secure admission/ unable to take up admission and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has taken steps to provide access to coaching facilities to poor and underprivileged students from marginalised communities, and if so the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) The total number of General, SC, ST, OBC-NCL and GEN-EWS students who appeared for IIT-Entrance examination JEE (Advanced) 2020 and the percentage of those students who qualified it is given below-
- (b) The total number of General, SC, ST, OBC-NCL and GEN-EWS students from Tamil Nadu who managed to clear the IIT Entrance examination JEE (Advanced) 2020 & secured admission is given below.
- (c ) The total number of General, SC,ST, OBC-NCL and GEN-EWS students across India who managed to clear the IIT-Entrance examination JEE (Advanced) 2020 but were unable to secure admission/ unable to take up admission is given below.

| Category   |   Appeared |   Qualified |   Qualified Percentage |
|------------|------------|-------------|------------------------|
| General    |      39605 |       18028 |                  45.51 |
| SC         |      23775 |        7869 |                  33.09 |
| ST         |      10924 |        2818 |                  25.79 |
| OBC-NCL    |      52785 |        9349 |                  17.71 |
| GEN-EWS    |      23749 |        5140 |                  21.64 |
| Total      |     150838 |       43204 |                  28.64 |

| Category   |   Count of candidates qualified from Tamil Nadu |   Allotted seat in one of the IITs |
|------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| General    |                                             510 |                                208 |
| SC         |                                             157 |                                 48 |
| ST         |                                              16 |                                  3 |
| OBC-NCL    |                                             359 |                                166 |
| GEN-EWS    |                                              14 |                                  1 |
| Total      |                                            1056 |                                426 |

| Category   |   Count of candidates NOT allotted seat |
|------------|-----------------------------------------|
| General    |                                   11626 |
| SC         |                                    5460 |
| ST         |                                    1608 |
| OBC-NCL    |                                    4954 |
| GEN-EWS    |                                    3495 |
| Total      |                                   27143 |

The students from respective categories who cleared JEE (Advanced) 2020, but were not allocated a seat in IITs could be because of the following reasons -

- i. They did not participate in JoSAA-2020, or did not complete formalities for seat confirmation (payment of fees, document upload etc.) or withdrew from the process during counseling .
- iii. There were other candidates who secured higher ranks than these candidates in respective categories and got allocated the existing seats based on merit.
- ii. They were allocated a seat in NIT+ system during the joint seat allocation process.
4. (d) In the interest of students including the most disadvantaged, Government has launched Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM), which offers interactive course content such as video lectures, reading material, self-assessment through tests and quizzes and online discussion forum for clearing doubts for students from Class 9 to postgraduation. The content can be accessed free of cost by anyone, anywhere at any time. Another initiative of the Government called Indian Institute of Technology -Professor Assisted Learning (IIT-PAL) which provides video content in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics prepared by IIT Professors and Kendirya Vidyalaya (KV) teachers for Class XI and Class XII students aspiring to join IITs and other Institutions. The content is available free of cost on dedicated DTH channels of SWAYAM PRABHA.

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