JEE Main 2020 is underway with announcement of the final schedule of the exam. The whole COVID-19 crisis and lockdown has had a deep impact on the mental health of students. While many feel happy about the delay, others feel worried about the impact it will have on future studies. Parents are also worried about the finances required for the tuition of their kids. While talking about the eligibility of JEE Main or JEE Advanced, it is clear that it doesn’t give weightage to class 12th marks. Yet, teachers and parents force students to ensure a good percentage in class 12th boards. This is because of the top 20 percentile rule introduced way back for JEE Main Counselling. Let us discuss what exactly top 20 percentile rule means.
What is the Top 20 Percentile Rule?
Each year more than 9 lakh students appear for IIT-JEE or JEE Main and Advanced. The purpose is simple – admission in top engineering institutes. The marks secured in Class 12th are no longer considered for JEE Main Rankcalculation by NTA. Yet, it is a determining factor for admission to IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs. This is because of a hidden rule that these colleges follow. Top 20 Percentile is nothing but the top 20 percent of the students of each board.
The total marks scored by a student in the 12th boards or equivalent, should make him/her fall in top 20 percent of the scorers. However, not all the education boards release marks in the form of a rank or percentage. So, it is not possible to determine the top 20 percent scorers of that particular board. Therefore, the organizing authority will also consider candidates not falling in the top 20 percentile while determining their eligibility.
JoSAA publishes the list of top 20 percentile for each board on their official site. It releases the top 20 percentile cutoff marks after results of class 12th exams of participating boards. Hence, board exams have an important value because candidates need to be in the top 20 percentile cutoff scores.
The top 20 percentile cut off marks is released separately for IITs and other institutes (NITs, IIITs and CFTIs) on the official site, josaa.nic.in. Although the top 20 percentile is released after the result declaration, candidates must be aware about the previous year trends.
What is the Eligibility Criteria?
Students who wish to qualify for the IITs based on the JEE Advanced Eligibility Criteria, need to meet any one of the following two requirements–
Either, candidates need to score at least 75% marks (for general category candidates) in your class XII board exams. The required percentile for SC/ST/PwD candidates is 65% in this case.
Or, candidates must be in the top 20 percentile scorers in the class XII board exams in either General or SC/ST/PwD categories.
This raises a simple question. What are the minimum marks a candidate needs to score in class XII board exams? Can that qualify as eligibility to get admission into the IITs? This article disscusses these questions in detail.
The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) is in charge of the seat allocation to government-funded technical institutes. JoSAA also releases the top 20 percentile cut-off list of all the state boards for the class 12 exams of each year. Do note that this cutoff is altogether different from JEE Main Cutoff.
The data of Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for 2018, 2017 and 2016 is provided in this article below.
How to Calculate Top 20 Percentile Cutoff?
Before getting in the state-wise cutoff of class XII board marks, it is important to understand how the Top 20 Percentile Cutoff marks are calculated by JoSAA. Given below are the points over the calculation–
First, to calculate the top 20 percentile for different board exams of class 12th, we consider total marks. The marks scored in 5 subjects – Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Language, Additional subject – are all aggregated.
JoSAA conducts separate calculation for each board’s cutoff. This means that a student of CBSE and a student of state board are considered separately.
Also, if a student has appeared in more than 1 language paper, the language paper with higher marks will be taken in consideration.
Similarly, if a student has studied more than the 5 subjects mentioned above, score of top 5 subjects is considered.
If the marks in a subject are not out of 100, then the total marks for that subject will be proportionately calculated out of 100. So that the total aggregate marks totals to 500.
Let’s say a student appears in the class XII boards of 2019, and passes the exam. But reappears in a few subjects for the class XII board exams held in 2020. Then, the top 20 percentile cutoff for 2019 will be taken into account.
If a student reappears in the next year for all the exams of class XII boards, then the better of two is taken in consideration.
Hence, if reappearing for the boards the next year, with the aim of improving their marks. They should appear in all the five papers instead of just a few.
Calculation of Class 12th Marks for Admission to IITs
The score will be calculated as follows-
Marks of an applicant will be considered for any 5 subjects. Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics are compulsory subjects.
Out of these 5 subjects, one language subject will be considered.
If a candidate has 2 language subjects, a subject with a higher score will be considered
Further, if marks in any subject are not awarded out of 100, then such score will be scaled to make it out of 100. For example, if a candidate has scored 60 out of 80, his/her marks will be taken as – (60/80)*100 = 75
If a candidate appeared for Class 12 exam in previous year and reappears for any one or two subjects in current year, then previous year’s marks will be considered
If a candidate appeared for Class 12 exam in previous year but reappears for all 5 exams in current year, then the higher score out of both will get considered.
Difference Between Percentage and Percentile
Often candidates get obscured of the difference between a percentage score and percentile. However, both the terms are completely different from one another. A percentage score is marks obtained by a candidate from the aggregate of 100. On the other hand, a percentile is a term used to define the percentage a candidate secures below particular marks.
Example – Suppose a candidate has secured 85 percent marks. This is the mark secured out of 100, wherein he/she has scored 85. If the total is 200 it will be 170 and so on. However, if a candidate mentions he/she has scored 85 percentile, that would mean 85 percent of all other candidates who have appeared for the examination have scored fewer marks than the candidate with 85 percentile.
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff of Various Boards
The following tables show the percentile cut off marks for the central and each of the different state boards in India. These figures are for the years 2018, 2017 and 2016. To download official PDF of Top 20 Percentile Cutoff of JEE Main 2019 to 2017 – Click here. There are some cases in which the figures were not available and have been marked as “NA”.
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
432
424
410
390
390
2017
431
420
400
385
385
2016
430
414
395
376
376
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for ISCE (Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
438
427
415
387
387
2017
427
408
391
366
366
2016
443
427
412
388
388
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for National Institute of Open Schooling –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
337
321
318
326
318
2017
443
427
412
388
388
2016
351
388
334
332
332
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff of Maharashtra HSC Board (Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
361
362
343
340
340
2017
343
344
326
323
323
2016
348
341
325
319
319
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Gujarat Board (Gujarat Secondary Education Board) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
342
321
308
284
284
2017
367
344
336
309
309
2016
363
339
331
304
304
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Rajasthan Board (Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
384
385
369
361
361
2017
401
403
385
379
379
2016
392
386
371
365
365
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Goa Board (Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
365
350
348
341
341
2017
370
357
336
316
316
2016
361
336
347
333
333
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Madhya Pradesh Board (Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
401
394
379
362
362
2017
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2016
395
385
369
356
356
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Chhattisgarh Board (Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2017
374
380
362
355
355
2016
360
362
338
337
337
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Karnataka Board (Karnataka Board of Pre-University Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
432
419
359
379
359
2017
419
400
346
360
346
2016
435
409
377
386
377
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Kerala Board (Kerala Board of Public Examinations) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2017
446
425
400
396
396
2016
427
358
380
366
358
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Tamil Nadu Board (Tamil Nadu Board of Higher Secondary Education) –
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Andhra Board (Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education)–
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
468
464
450
447
447
2017
474
470
457
452
452
2016
470
457
442
439
439
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Telangana Board (Telangana Board of Secondary Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
471
469
457
461
457
2017
467
464
454
456
454
2016
475
460
445
449
445
Top 20 Percentile of UP Board (Uttar Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
338
325
314
313
313
2017
355
344
331
337
331
2016
405
395
381
387
381
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Uttaranchal Board (Uttaranchal Shiksha evam Pariksha Parishad) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2017
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2016
341
323
309
310
309
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Haryana Board (Haryana Board of Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2017
406
400
383
303
303
2016
395
393
374
NA
374
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Punjab Board (Punjab School Education Board) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
374.45
375.55
364.45
361.1
361.1
2017
406
403
388
392
388
2016
415
410
401
397
397
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for HP Board (Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
402
394
390
389
389
2017
375
361
355
358
355
2016
397
385
380
379
379
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for J&K Board (Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
401
408
309
NA
NA
2017
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2016
409
NA
NA
NA
409
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2017
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2016
376
374
362
326
326
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Odisha Board (Odisha Council of Higher Secondary Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2017
331
NA
302
276
276
2016
310
NA
278
249
249
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Assam Board (Assam Higher Secondary Education Council) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
360
357
346
323
323
2017
364
359
348
300
300
2016
349
351
343
335
335
Top 20 Percentile of Bihar Board (Bihar Intermediate Education Council) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
293
287
279
284
279
2017
313
307
300
303
300
2016
315
308
297
300
297
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Jharkhand Board (Jharkhand Academic Council) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
321
332
310
306
306
2017
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2016
303
310
288
281
281
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Manipur Board (Manipur Council of Higher Secondary Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
304
320
309
295
295
2017
443
427
412
388
388
2016
347
350
339
326
326
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Meghalaya Board (Meghalaya Board of Secondary Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
345
326
295
312
295
2017
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2016
308
335
281
293
281
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Mizoram Board (Mizoram Board of School Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
364
301
337
346
301
2017
359
342
345
347
342
2016
369
427
314
336
314
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Tripura Board (Tripura Board of Secondary Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
343
NA
330
287
287
2017
348
NA
330
304
304
2016
299
NA
283
233
233
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Nagaland Board (Nagaland Board of School Education) –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
381
371
349
340
340
2017
349
362
335
318
318
2016
333
311
321
295
295
Percentile Cutoffs of Universities
The following are the top 20 percentile cutoff marks for various universities and other schools offering technical courses –
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2017
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2016
416
NA
NA
NA
404
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2017
400
NA
NA
NA
400
2016
404
NA
NA
NA
404
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2017
469
418
452
378
378
2016
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2017
429
421
387
NA
387
2016
437
400
420
306
306
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Hyderabad –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2017
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2016
394
398
383
382
382
Top 20 Percentile Cutoff for Haryana Open School, Bhiwani –
Year
GEN
OBC-NCL
SC
ST
PwD
2018
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2017
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2016
334
323
319
303
303
There are three national boards in JEE Main which are Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ISC), and National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). The CBSE and ISC have a higher cut off than NIOS.
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