JEE Main 2024: NTA Issues Shift Wise Distribution Numbers For Session 1 Exam, Check Details Here
National Testing Agency has released the data on shift-wise distribution of students in the JEE Main session 1 exam. Candidates can check the number and the score and percentile details here.
JEE Main Session 1 Exam 2024: The National Testing Agency has released a notification containing the data on the distribution of students in each shift of the JEE Main Session 1 exam. The JEE Main session 1 exam was held in multiple shifts for the BTech BE, BArch, and BPlan programmes from January 24 to February 1. 2024. The data provided shows the number of students allotted in each shift. The notification was released after several students took to social media alleging errors in percentile calculation and uneven distribution of candidates in each exam shift.
NTA in the notification released mentioned that the JEE Main 2024 session 1 exams were conducted from January 24 to February 1, 2024, in 544 exam centres in 291 cities out of which 21 were abroad. The session was held in 10 shifts 2 shifts on each exam day. Despite the number of student registrations increasing up to 1221624 as compared to 860064 in 2023.
JEE Main 2024 Session 1 Notification - Click Here
Distribution of Candidates in Each Shift
Regarding the distribution of candidates, NTA mentioned that the distribution was done as per the normalization procedure to make it homogenous based on the report of the committee experts including reputed professors from the Indian Statistics Institute, IISc and IITs in November 2018 and reviewed in October 2020.
As per the notification, the date/shift/slot of the exam is allotted randomly by the computer as per the normalization process. The number of students who have appeared in each shift is given below.
| Exam Date | Shift | Male | Female | Total |
| January 27, 2024 | 1 | 82371 | 39816 | 122187 |
| 2 | 85659 | 39613 | 125272 | |
| January 28, 2024 | 1 | 82589 | 39734 | 122323 |
| 2 | 84089 | 40759 | 124848 | |
| January 30, 2024 | 1 | 80761 | 41037 | 121798 |
| 2 | 80936 | 40092 | 121028 | |
| January 31, 2024 | 1 | 83389 | 41705 | 125094 |
| 2 | 81088 | 39829 | 120917 | |
| February 1, 2024 | 1 | 81237 | 39968 | 121205 |
| 2 | 78568 | 38384 | 116952 |
JEE Main Percentile Score
The percentile score indicates the percentage of students who have secured equal to or below (Same or lower raw scores) a particular percentile in the exam. The toppers of each shift will get the same percentile. The formula to convert the score is given below.
100 X Number of candidates who appeared in the 'Session' with raw score EQUAL TO OR LESS than the candidate
Total number of the candidates who appeared in the 'Session
The JEE Main session 1 BArch and BPlan (Paper 1A and 2B) results are expected to be released soon. Students are advised to keep visiting the website for further updates.
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Sherin is an education journalist with over 7 years of experience. Over her tenure of working with top media houses like Careers 360 and then Jagran Josh, Sherin has covered various entrance examinations liek JEE Main, NEET, CUET, GATE, etc. as well as various state board and CBSE results. Her understanding of the education ecosystem coupled with her own experience of teaching as an Assistant Professor of nearly 2 years helps her provide a comprehensive perspective to students. She has a Masters Degree in Communication from Madras Christian College. Apart from covering education news, Sherin also enjoys reading and cooking.
