Drop in JEE Main 2020 registrations; EWS and women applicants on the rise

New Delhi, October 16: National Testing Agency (NTA) has ended the registration process for JEE Main 2020 on October 10, 2019. With each year witnessing a huge number of registrations for the national level engineering entrance examination, JEE Main 2020 has experienced a small drop in the numbers. While the previous year had 9.41 lakh registered candidates, NTA has reportedly received around 9.34 lakh registrations for JEE Main 2020.

According to reports, EWS (Economically Weaker Section) category, which was introduced this year, has over 81,413 registrations. The huge number of registrations for the newly created category has caused a decline in the open category registrations by almost 90,000 candidates.

Along with EWS, the number of women applicants for JEE Main 2020 has also increased. As compared to the previous year, 15,247 more women have applied for the entrance examination. In total, around 2.90 lakh women candidates are expected to attempt JEE Main 2020 January session.

For B.Arch/B.Planning, NTA has reportedly received 1.38 lakh registrations for the January session.

While the drop in the registration numbers in not severe, there has been a constant decline in the number of applicants since the introduction of two JEE Main attempts. While the authorities are trying their best to attract women students into the institutes, the total number of registrations is still on decline.

JEE Main Registration Statistics

About JEE Main 2020

JEE Main 2020 will be conducted twice as a computer based test (January and April) by NTA. Registrations for JEE Main 2020 is now over and the correction facility is open till October 20, 2019.