Archive · 27 Sep 2026
IIT Experts and JEE Board Discuss Proposed Entrance Test Reforms
Experts from IIT Kanpur and the JEE Apex Board will discuss changing the JEE Advanced exam.
They want to make the test easier for students to handle.
One idea is to add an aptitude test.
This test could measure skills such as reasoning and problem-solving.
Officials want to see whether it would make coaching less important.
A similar test has already been given to first-year students at 10–12 IITs.
The results will help officials decide whether the idea could be used for entrance exams.
The proposal also responds to concerns about financial and emotional pressure on families.
Experts from IIT Kanpur and JEE Apex Board members will meet Monday to discuss JEE Advanced reforms.
Discussions will examine ways to make the examination more student-friendly.
Officials will assess whether an aptitude test could reduce coaching influence on student performance.
An aptitude test has already been conducted among first-year students across 10–12 IITs to collect data.
IIT Kanpur Director Manindra Agrawal proposed adaptive testing of quantitative and reasoning skills amid concerns about coaching and family stress.
- Who
- Experts from IIT Kanpur and members of the JEE Apex Board, with IIT Kanpur Director Manindra Agrawal involved in the proposal.
- What
- They will discuss proposed reforms to the JEE Advanced examination, including an aptitude test and adaptive testing.
- When
- The meeting is scheduled for Monday; the article does not specify a date.
- Where
- The meeting location is not specified; participants include experts from IIT Kanpur and the JEE Apex Board.
- Why
- The reforms aim to make the examination more student-friendly and examine whether aptitude testing can reduce coaching influence and family stress.
- Exam under discussion
- JEE Advanced
- Meeting participants
- IIT Kanpur experts and JEE Apex Board members
- Meeting timing
- Monday
- Pilot aptitude test
- Already conducted among first-year students across 10–12 IITs
- Proposed testing model
- Adaptive testing of quantitative and reasoning skills
- Concerns cited
- Coaching influence, emotional stress and financial stress on families
- Proposal raised by
- Manindra Agrawal, director of IIT Kanpur