JoSAA Counselling 2024: Category-wise Class 12 top 20 percentile cut-off marks for BTech admission out

JoSAA Counselling 2024: The minimum marks required to be in the top 20 percentile vary in every board.

The minimum marks required to be in the top 20 percentile vary in every board (Express image/ representative)

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) today announced the category-wise top 20 percentile cut-off marks for the 2023 and 2024 board exams. The top 20 percentile criterion is used to determine the candidate’s eligibility for BTech admission. Candidates must either score within the top 20 percentile of their respective boards or qualify the JEE Advanced examination to be considered eligible for admission.

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JoSAA counseling through which admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and some government funded technical institutes (GFTIs) are done. About 15 lakh JEE Main 2024 candidates have become eligible to participate for about 42,000 seats for the NIT+ System. This year, there will be a total of five rounds of seat allocation conducted by JoSAA. JoSAA is starting the registration and choice filling process today.

JoSAA 2024 Counselling: 75 percent aggregate criteria

Candidates are required to have completed their Class 12 board exams with a minimum of five subjects, obtaining an aggregate score of at least 75 per cent. However there exists relaxations for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Person with Disabilities (PwD) categories, the minimum aggregate marks required are 65 per cent.

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JoSAA 2024: Category-wise top 20 percentile cut-off marks

The specific minimum marks required to achieve the top 20 percentile may vary from board to board.

CBSE

Year	Category
	General	OBC-NCL	SC	ST
2023	420	412	382	372
2024	417	414	391	372

Indian School Certificate (ISC)

Year	Category
	General	OBC	SC	ST
2023	444	432	418	378
2024	444	431	415	375

Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh

Year	Category
	General (Total marks 1000)	OBC (Total marks 1000)	SC (Total marks 1000)	ST (Total marks 1000)
2023	942	916	874	862
2024	940	916	875	849

Jharkhand Academic Council

Year	Category
	General	OBC	SC	ST
2023	384	381	373	372
2024	366	374	354	349

Board of School Education Uttarakhand

Year	Category
	General Percentage (Marks)	OBC Percentage (Marks)	SC Percentage (Marks)	ST Story continues below this ad Percentage (Marks)
2023	73.60 (368)	70.40(352)	68.00(343)	70.00 (350)
2024	(76.60) 383	72.60 (363)	71.40 (357)	74.00 (370)

The seat allotment in the five rounds of JoSAA counselling 2024 will be based on the merits of candidates and their preferences for courses and colleges.

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