JEE (Main) curriculum set to get lighter from next yr NTA Likely To Announce Syllabus Soon ‘Manash.Gohain @timesaroup.com New Delhi: Engineering aspirants can expect a Ligh: ter Joint Entrance Examina tion (IEE-Main) next year, for which the National ‘Tes: ting Agency islikely to anno- luncethesyllabusandrelease the information bulletin next week. Rationalisation of syllabus by boards across the country has been taken intoaccount whiledesigning the curriculum for the eng neering/architecture ent- rance examination, which will be conducted during Ja: nnuary-April in2024 Several education bo: ands, including CBSE, as ‘well as NCERT had reduced TO HELP STUDENTS > Rationalisation of syllabus by boards taken into account hile designing curriculum > Due to the pandemic, several boards had reduced syllabus for Classes 9 to 12 > NTA has also decided to announce result dates when it notifies dates for regn > Agency also trying to censure that all candidates are allotted centres close to their permanent/current residential addresses the syllabus for Classes IX to XII due to the academic dis- ruption caused by the Covid pandemic. The current batch of class XII was inclass 1X in 2020 when rationalise tion of syllabus was initia. ted. However, thesyllabusfor JEE (Main) and NEET-UG were keptuntouched. 1k dhake aaa Subodh Kumar Singh said the agency has consulted all boards and based on thedeli erations, the expert com: mittee is finalising the sylla bus, “Several education bo- ards, including CBSE, as wellas NCERT haverediiced their syllabus during the pandemic. We have consul ted the boards on this and a revised commonsyllabusba- sed on discussions with the boards is being prepared by our experts. N'TA has set up expert committees for each exam itconduets.” whe revised syllabus will be notified along with the information bulletin which will be released next week alongwith theregistra- tion dates,” headded. NTA has also decided to announce the result dates at the time of notifying the da tes for registration. “Candi: dates go through a tough ti me guessing the result dates. ‘ena Sh, Seas Dada, willbe notified at the time of releasing the information bulletin. ‘This will not only help the aspirants but also the institutions in planning their admission cycle,” said theDirector General The agency is also trying toensure that all candidates are allotted centres close to ‘their permanent/currentre- sidence addresses. “We will ensure that no candidate is required to travel out of the: ir home state to take tests, Our effort will be to allot centresascloseas possible to thepermanent/current resi- donee of students,” hesaid, NTA released its 2024 ex. am calendar in September, three months in advance as compared to 2023, for JEE (Main), CUET Undergradua- te and Postgraduate, NEET- UG and UGC-NET. The two cycles of JEE (Main) will be held from January 24-Febru- ary L(Session 1) and April I ‘April 15, 2024 (Session 2),