The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) have also dropped the Class 12 performance criterion for admissions this year after the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
This year, the NITs and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) will only require Joint Entrance Examination (Main) rank-holders to have passed their Board exams.
On Thursday, the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB), which decides the admission process for the NITs, approved the proposal on dropping the Board exam criterion.
