The National Testing Agency (NTA) has confirmed that the use of calculators, whether physical, scientific, or on-screen, will not be allowed at the upcoming Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) 2026 — citing a typographical error in the information bulletin that was initially provided.

The initial JEE Main 2026 booklet stated that an ‘on-screen standard calculator’ would be available for use during the Computer-Based Test (CBT), which caused a misunderstanding.

According to the statement, candidates may perform "addition, subtraction, division and multiplication… the calculator includes functions for square root, percentage, etc." using the basic calculator.

NTA has now clarified that the “use of calculators in any form is not permitted in this examination” in a public notificat

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