The admission criteria for Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) have been relaxed in view of the ongoing pandemic. “In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, admission eligibility for BArch degree course has been relaxed for academic session 2021-2022. Minimum requirement of 50% in PCM and aggregate of 10+2 is relaxed to only pass in Class 12 with PCM subjects/10+3 Diploma with Mathematics,” the Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank' tweeted.
In view of the #COVID-19 pandemic, admission eligibility for B.Arch. Degree Course has been relaxed for academic session 2021-2022. Min requirement of 50% in PCM & aggregate of 10+2 is relaxed to only pass in 12th Class with PCM subjects/10+3 Diploma with Mathematics.
— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) March 19, 2021
Class 12 pass students with PCM or 10+3 Diploma with Mathematics are eligible for admission to BArch in the 2020-21 session. Earlier, for BArch admissions, the candidates had to score a minimum of 50 per cent marks in their qualifying examination along with valid NATA or JEE scores.
The minister had announced the relaxation in the admission criteria last year as well due to the pandemic and partial cancellation of Class 12 board exams.
JEE Main Paper 2 Result
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the result of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2021 for BArch, BPlanning exams on March 18. All those who have appeared for the Paper 2 exam in the February session can download their results from the official site, jeemain.nta.nic.in.
For the first time, the examination was held in 13 languages--English, Hindi, and Gujarati along with Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu).
Two candidates have scored the perfect 100 percentile in the first session of JEE Main 2021. Josyula Venkata Aditya from Telangana and Jadhav Aditya Sunil from Maharashtra have scored perfect 100 in BArch and BPlanning, respectively.
