JEE Main 2024 Update: Candidates Who Appeared in Session 1 are Evenly Distributed; NTA Clarified
“The National Testing Agency (NTA) recently addressed the concerns raised by JEE Main 2024 candidates regarding the issues of percentage calculation and uneven distribution of candidates across all shifts. With the exam being held from January 24 to February 1, Some students reported discrepancies in their results.
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“To ensure fairness, NTA has confirmed that they have distributed the candidates equally across multiple shifts in terms of gender and category.”
The agency shared shift-wise data for JEE Main 2024 on Twitter, emphasizing that each shift was carefully balanced to accommodate candidates from different genders and categories.
In the January 2024 session, a total of 11,70,036 candidates appeared for JEE Main Paper 1. Some students expressed concerns about the difference in marks and percentage, especially considering that the January 27 and January 29 shifts had more candidates than other shifts. , which may cause potential harm to students.
NTA’s commitment towards fair distribution and transparency aims to address these concerns and ensure a level playing field for all JEE Main 2024 candidates.”
JEE Main 2024: Shift-wise Distribution of Candidates
Here is the data of the number of candidates allotted in each JEE Main 2024 Session 1 shift. However, the NTA data does not contain details of candidates who did not appear in each shift.
| JEE exam date and shift | Male | Female | Total |
| January 27 shift 1 | 82,371 | 39,816 | 1,22,187 |
| January 27 shift 2 | 85,659 | 39,613 | 1,25,272 |
| January 29 shift 1 | 82,589 | 39,734 | 1,22,323 |
| January 29 shift 2 | 84,089 | 40,759 | 1,24,848 |
| January 30 shift 1 | 80,761 | 41,037 | 1,21,798 |
| January 30 shift 2 | 80,936 | 40,092 | 1,21,028 |
| January 31 shift 1 | 83,389 | 41,705 | 1,25,094 |
| January 31 shift 2 | 81,088 | 39,829 | 1,20,917 |
| February 1 shift 1 | 81,237 | 39,968 | 1,21,205 |
| February 1 shift 2 | 78,568 | 38,384 | 1,16,952 |
| Total | 8,20,687 | 4,00,937 | 12,21,624 |
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