The Odisha High Court directed the state government to conduct Odisha Joint Entrance examination (OJEE) for B-Tech admissions in the state for 2015-16 academic year on Friday. Last year for 2014, admissions into B-Tech stream were conducted through national-JEE. So, the Odisha Private Engineering
College Association (OPECA) had moved the High Court challenging the state government’s decision to join the national-JEE main examination for admissions into B-Tech courses.
According to the court order, the date for publication of notification regarding the examination is 1st June, the date of the entrance examination is 24th June and the counselling will be conducted between 7th -14th August.