JEE Main 2024: Frisking, Biometric Attendance to be repeated after toilet breaks!

The Joint Entrance Examination JEE (Main) 2024, scheduled between January 24 and February 1, will enforce stringent security measures, including mandatory frisking and biometric attendance for examinees. 

According to reports, candidates will undergo these procedures even after taking a toilet break. The National Testing Agency (NTA) is implementing stricter protocols, extending frisking and biometric identification processes to agency officials. Notably, this marks the first time that the JEE (Main) will be conducted in centers in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, and Tura, Meghalaya.

The initiative is targeted at preventing any instances of unfair means or proxy attendance. NTA Director Subodh Kumar Singh emphasized the existing strict mechanisms but expressed the goal of making the examination completely foolproof to ensure zero incidents. According to reports, officials, observers, staff members, and even those serving refreshments will undergo the same stringent frisking and biometric attendance process.

The Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main is the screening test for admissions to centrally-funded technical institutions such as NITs and IITs. The top 20 percent of the merit list becomes eligible to sit for the JEE (Advanced), the entrance test for Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).