JEE Advanced: CBSE students gain edge over state board counterparts

Time of India

02-06-2025

Hyderabad: Are CBSE students gaining an edge over state board students? Academics from the Telugu states seem to think so, especially with the number of rank holders from state board schools seeing a consistent drop over the years.
In fact, many academics are now advising serious JEE aspirants to shift from state board to CBSE syllabus to increase their chances of clearing the entrance test. They say the IIT entrance has become even more aligned with CBSE ever since the National Testing Agency (NTA) started conducting the exam. Last year, there were four students from Telugu states in the top 10, as against two this year.
"There has been an abnormal decline in top rankers lately from Telugu states.
We feel the CBSE syllabus has a role to play. One, it is more aligned with NTA, and two, students do not have the stress of appearing for the board exam in class 11, which gives them an additional two to three months to prepare for JEE. Keeping this in mind, we are encouraging students, who have the potential to score top ranks, to opt for CBSE over intermediate," said V Ashok Kumar, core member, Narayana Group.
Seconding with Kumar, S Vijayender Reddy, mathematics lecturer from IIT study center, Rajendranagar, Tribal Welfare Society, said the students who study intermediate, do not get any advantage in the JEE exam.
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"While preparation for CBSE boards help students in JEE prepration, the same is not the case with Intermediate Public Examinations (IPE). The framing of questions or pattern is more inline with CBSE," he added and said that this year the difference in pattern is more evident.
They also pointed out that students' inability to handle stress when the paper is tough, a substantial increase in interest among students from the rest of the country in JEE, and Telugu students moving to other states for coaching and appearing for the exam from other zones as probable reasons for the dip in top rankers from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, which come under IIT Hyderabad zone.
"Our topper marked answers worth 20 marks wrong, though he got the right answer when he solved them. Mistakes like this cost him a spot in the top 5. Like him, many Telugu students are worried as they are scared of not getting a good rank. This is not the case with many other students, as they are more relaxed in their approach and try to give their best instead of worrying about ranks," said T Srinivas, dean, Kavuri Hills Zone, Sri Chaitanya Group.
This year's cutoff nosedived due to a tougher paper, and from 109 marks in 2024, it is 74 out of 360, which is a decline of over 20%.