IIT-JEE entrance exam: Does success depends on income?

IIT-JEE entrance exam: Does success depends on income?:




According to a internal analysis by the IITs, it has been revealed that students who have access to coaching institutes fare better.

The report also revealed that the majority of the qualified candidates belonged to 11 cities. Of the 5, 06,484 students registered for JEE in 2012, 24,112 qualified.

Success rate according to background:

City students- 5.8 per cent

Towns- 4.2 per cent

Villages-1.27

If general category the figures for those offered admission were 61 per cent for cities, 27 per cent for towns and 12 per cent for villages. "

According to income slab:

Over Rs 4.5 lakh a year, showed the highest success ratio at 10.3 per cent. Students in the middle income age group — Rs 1 lakh to Rs 4.5 lakh — had a success ratio of 4.8 per cent and those from families earning less than Rs 1 lakh had a success ratio of only  2.6 per cent.

The parents' occupation too appeared to have had an impact on a candidate's performance.
Source: Indian Colleges.