15 score 100 percentile in JEE (Main)

Strap: Ranks to be out after 2nd exam in April

New Delhi, January 19

Fifteen candidates scored 100 percentile in the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) held earlier this month, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.

In a series of tweets, he announced that the National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the JEE (Main) results. After the JEE (Main) April-2019, the ranks of the candidates will be released taking into consideration better of the two NTA scores of all candidates who appeared in January and April examinations.

"Ranks would be declared after the 2nd JEE to be held in April. For the first time, students have a chance to improve their performance. This is the @narendramodi Govt caring for students and trying to reduce exam stress," Javadekar said.

"@DG_NTA declared results of the #JEE Main exam held between 8th & 12th Jan, in record time, & 12 days ahead of schedule. Made possible due to use of advanced technology and tireless team work of NTA," he tweeted.

The first JEE (Main) was conducted in two shifts in a day across 258 cities in the country and abroad. A total number of 9,29,198 candidates were registered for Paper-I (BE/BTech), which was conducted in eight shifts.

Navneet Jindal topped in Delhi with a percentile of 99.9990830. — PTI