Against the backdrop of COVID-19, IIT alumnus Imbesat Ahmad launched Filo, an app where students can get their doubts resolved even at odd hours from IIT and NIT experts.
From COVID-19 to food to floods, students face a host of issues to get online or reach a centre to write these exams. Is it worth it to risk their lives?
The JEE Advanced is conducted for admissions to various undergraduate programmes at IITs and this year, the computer-based test will be organised by IIT-Delhi.
"Parents should not project their own insecurities and anxieties on their children. The children have enough anxiety as it is", says Nobel laureate 'Venki' Ramakrishnan.
Since students can now appear for this examination twice, the better of the two scores will be used for the purpose of ranking as per the regulations laid by the authorities.
“I grew up in a very different time. We would wait for the annual examination to get done, sell our books and buy cricket balls with the money we made. That was how much value we attached to education.”