The Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) BTech counselling began on Wednesday. The students can register as per their rank in the JEE Main examinations.
This year, 42,000 students from the State had appeared for the examinations. For the counselling , students who qualified JEE Main examination can get registered and lock choices on OJEE’s website following which temporary seats would be allotted to them, according to the new guidelines.
“After temporary seats allotment, students can take part in counselling and deposit the part admission fee, `25,000. So, all the candidates will not have to appear at the nodal centres,” said OJEE chairman Tushar Nath.
The deposited fees will remain with OJEE till the completion of the third phase of admissions.
The final list of admission will be published only after completion of the third phase of counselling. The students will have to pay the rest amount to the colleges in which they get enrolled.
In the meantime, they can switch streams and colleges.