73 or 99 percentile? JEE Main result questioned, J-K candidate says, ‘Don’t create hype’

NEW DELHI: After two versions of her JEE Main 2025 marksheet emerged, a candidate from Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir, has urged the media and public to not create “hype” around her case. The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains result was declared on April 19.

The confusion began when conflicting versions of her JEE Main marksheets surfaced. While one version showed her securing 6.989 percentile in session 1 and 73.2808 in session 2, another showed 84 percentile in session 1 and 99.845 in session 2. In a statement to a local news channel, The Kashmir Today, the candidate claims to have official proof confirming the latter.

In a video statement to a local Kashmiri news outlet, the JEE aspirant said: “For two days after the results were announced, I was unaware of anything unusual. Then I began receiving calls that my result was fake. I had no idea what was going on.” She claimed she has written to the National Testing Agency (NTA) seeking a clarification and is awaiting response.

“Until a final answer is received, please don't create a hype. It… has impacted my mental health,” she said.

JEE Main Result 2025: Two NTA scorecards, one candidate

“I have received an email stating that in JEE Main session 1 I have secured 84 percentile. However, it now shows just 6 percentile. I don't know if this is a technical glitch. I can’t even log in to check my results anymore. However, I have email proof of both the session results,” she said.

The matter has been further complicated by a Srinagar coaching centre, SKIE Classes, which publicised the first marksheet on social media. It has led the Jammu and Kashmir Student Association to allege that it is coaching centres which are “circulating fake ranks and doctored scorecards”, a charge SKIE Classes chairman, Saddam has denied.

“Why would we manipulate any result? We’ve been in this profession for 25 years, and every year, thousands of our students qualify the JEE. We are not sure what went wrong–it could have been a technical glitch or something else,” he told Asian News Hub.

In her statement, she said, “My parents are also trying to find a solution. Until then please don't share any news. We are waiting.”

The JKSA has expressed concern about the impact of “glamourising” exam success upon parents and students. “Recently, on the day of the result, a student died by suicide because the student wasn’t able to qualify. This is due to oversensationalising and glamoursing the toppers. This is due to lack of regulation for coaching centres. By over-sensationalising the toppers in news, parents watch this and compare with their own children on why they have not qualified. And scold their children,”said Faizan Peer from the association.

The association had first blamed coaching centres but later said, “If the student has substantial claims against the NTA, we are ready to write to the NTA regarding this. But as of now we have received no claim.”