Over 80,000 students appear for Orissa JEE .

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admissions into various engineering and medical colleges of the state ended peacefully on Sunday in all the 158 centres spread across in 35 cities of the country, including seven cities outside the State. Barring few hiccups for the lateral entry students, around 80,000 students appeared the tests for different courses.According to Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) sources, 128 examination centers were setup in 28 cities of the State including the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
While the maximum 33 centers were in the State capital Bhubaneswar, 16 centers were in Cuttack city. Similarly, 30 centers were set up in cities like New Delhi, Kolkata, Ranchi, Guwahati, Jamshedpur, Kharagpur and Vishakhapatnam to facilitate the Oriya students settled in these places.

Sources said the entrance examinations were held to select students for admissions into four government and 41 private engineering colleges of the State.The entrance tests were also held to pick up students for admissions into MBBS and BDS courses in all the three government and five private medical colleges of the State.Students would also be selected for admissions into MBA, MCA, and B Pharma courses of different government institutions from these tests also.While the tests went off peacefully in all the centers, the diploma students who are seeking admissions to B.E. and B. Tech course as lateral entry candidates were found in a quandary, as there were no separate questions for these candidates.These students were asked to attempt the same set of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics questions as were meant for other students.

Results on June 14

Sources pointed out that the JEE-2008 results would be published on June 14 and counselling of the students would begin from July 11.