JEE Main 2024: AI tools help NTA catch 1 impersonator, 9 cases of unfair means on first day

NEW DELHI: As many as 10 cases of unfair means were caught during the first day of Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main 2024) session 2 exams. The National Testing Agency (NTA) reported that 1 case of impersonation and 9 cases of unfair means (UFM) were caught. JEE Main 2024 April 5 Live

The JEE Main session 2 exams 2024 for admission to BE, BTech, BArch and other engineering courses is underway. The NTA announced to conduct the JEE session 2 from April 4 to 12 for both paper 1 and 2.

The JEE Mains exam was administered in two shifts in 290 exam cities and 495 exam centres in India and abroad.

This is not the first time cheating cases were reported. To curb the use of unfair means, the NTA has deployed “AI tools, iFace to ascertain the identity of candidates through cross verifying the photo on the admit card with the live photograph of the candidate that is taken at the exam center”. Candidates will also have to go through mandatory frisking, EKYC before entering the exam venue.

“A detailed plan was chalked out to execute the examination. Control Rooms for Strict Vigil amd monitoring were set up at NTA, New Delhi. Live feeds from Cameras installed in each of the Exam rooms/Labs were closely monitored by Virtual Observers who generated real time alerts,” the NTA said.

“A big pool of functionaries has been deployed by NTA for providing biometric, frisking, CCTV and Jammer Services, besides NTA’s Officers and its own Observers, Virtual Observers and Flying Squads to facilitate smooth conduct of the examination,” it added.

The security measures were tightened as there were several cases of JEE Main scams, paper leaks and impersonation cases reported in the previous years.

What is Unfair Means?

The NTA defines unfair means practice as an activity that allows a candidate to gain an unfair advantage over other candidates. Those caught using UFM may be debarred for 3 years in the future and will also be liable for criminal action.

Possession of prohibited items inside the exam hall, breaching exam rules, cheating, fabrication of documents are some of the activities considered as unfair means.