JEE Mains 2026: Use of calculator 'not allowed’ says NTA; cites ‘typographical error' in information bulletin
Vaishnavi Shukla | November 2, 2025 | 09:37 PM IST | 1 min read
JEE Main 2026: The calculator feature is a part of the generic test conducting platform and does not apply to the BTech entrance exam, clarifies NTA.
Use the JEE Main 2026 Rank Predictor to estimate your expected rank based on your scores or percentile and plan your college options smartly.
Try NowThe National Testing Agency (NTA) has clarified that an onscreen standard calculator will not be available during the JEE Main 2026 computer-based exam. The testing agency has cited “a typographic error” in the JEE Main 2026 information bulletin regarding the use of calculators in the exam. JEE Main 2026 registration live updates
JEE Main 2026 Session 2 MB Questions: April 4: Shift 1 | Shift 2 | April 2: Shift 1 | Shift 2 | All Shift
JEE Main 2026: Rank Predictor | College Predictor | Admit Card Link
JEE Main Prep: Last 10 Year's Ques | Most Repeated Questions| High Scoring Chapters
Don't Miss: Mock Test | Important Formulas | Foreign Universities in India
NTA said that the calculator feature is a part of the generic test conducting platform and does not apply to the JEE Main 2026 exam, as the use of calculators in any form is not permitted in this examination.
"NTA regrets the typographic error in the Information Bulletin of JEE (Main) 2026 and for the inconvenience caused to the candidates." the NTA notice reads.
NTA has started accepting online applications for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2026 exam on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. The last date to apply for the JEE Main 2026 session 1 exam is November 27.
Also read JEE Main 2026: Closing ranks for AI, ML, data science at NITs highlight rising demand
NTA JEE Main 2026 revised exam dates
The exam dates for JEE Main 2025 have been revised for the session 2 exam. The JEE Main 2026 session 1 exam will be held from January 21 to 30, and the session 2 dates have been revised to April 2 to 9.
As per the JEE Main 2025 schedule, the JEE Main 2026 session 1 results will be announced on February 12, and session 2 result on April 20.
Recently, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) asked all its affiliated schools to share Class 11 registration data with the NTA to help prevent any overlap between the JEE Main exam dates and the CBSE Class 12 board exams 2026.
In another major update, the NTA has increased the number of JEE Main 2026 exam cities from 284 to 323.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]Featured News
]- JK Lakshmipat University VC on education in AI era: ‘Every course, every classroom must evolve’
- CBSE Curriculum 2026-27: Three-language policy is ‘compulsory Hindi’, says Tamil Nadu CM; criticism online
- 415 universities offer SWAYAM, NPTEL online courses, but UGC’s credit transfer scheme finds few takers
- CBSE changing Class 9, 10 syllabus from 2026-27; 3rd language compulsory, 2 levels of maths, science
- MBBS Abroad: NMC warns students against 3 Uzbekistan medical colleges, TSMU offshore campus
- CBSE AI Curriculum for Classes 3-8: What’s in the syllabus, how will it be taught, will there be exams?
- Pondicherry University advances exams, cancels internals, makes Saturdays working citing LPG shortage
- Osmania University degree college crammed into 5 school rooms; BA, BSc, BCom students take turns to study
- Resident doctors’ workload ‘alarming’; enforce mandatory rest, monitored rosters like for pilots: Panel
- Strengthen nursing courses, set up allied healthcare school at AIIMS Delhi: Panel to health ministry