JECA 2026: Joint Examination for Masters in Computer Applications (JECA) 2026

Joint Entrance for Computer Applications

Joint Examination for Masters in Computer Applications (JECA) 2026

JECA 2026
[Joint Examination for Masters in Computer Applications 2026]
conducted by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB)
Admission into MCA courses, 2026

Date of Examination: 14/06/2026 (Sunday)
(Tentative and may be changed in extraordinary circumstances)

WBJEEB will conduct OMR-based Common Entrance Test (JECA2026) for admission in the academic session 2026-27 to the Master of Computer Application (MCA) Course in different Universities, Government Institutes, as well as self-financing institutes in the State of West Bengal.

Schedule of JECA-2026

Date of Examination	Schedule
14.06.2026 (Sunday) (Tentative and may be changed in extraordinary circumstances)	11:00 A.M. to 01:00 P.M.

JECA-2026 will be held once only, and there shall be no further examination under any circumstances for those who are unable to appear on the above date and time of the JECA-2026 examination.

Pattern of Question Papers:
The Common Entrance Test will consist of one paper only, with the following structure.

Category-I Each Q carries 1 mark (-ve marks = -1/4)	Category-II Each Q carries 2 marks (No -ve marks)	Total Number of Questions	Total Mark
No. of Q	No. of Q
80	20	120	120

All questions will be Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) with four answer options. The allotted time period for the paper is 2 hours. The questions will be in the English language only.

Important Dates

All dates are tentative and can be changed in extraordinary circumstances.

Online application with payment of fees	09/04/2026 (Thursday) to 22/04/2026 (Wednesday)
Online correction and downloading revised confirmation page	24/04/2026 (Friday) to 25/04/2026 (Saturday)
Publication of Downloadable Admit Card	04/06/2026 (Thursday) to 14/06/2026 (Sunday) (01:00 P.M.)
Date of Examination	14/06/2026 (Sunday) 11:00 A.M. to 01:00 P.M.
Publication of Results	To be notified later

Syllabus

Sl. No.	The papers will be based on Undergraduate Computer Applications and equivalent courses offered at various Universities in India, and on the following topics
1	C Programming: Variables and Data types, IO Operations, Operators and Expressions, Control Flow statements, Functions, Arrays, Pointers, String Handling, Structures and Unions, Files Handling, Pre-Processor Directives, Command Line Arguments.
2	Object Oriented Programming: Data Types, If / Else If / Else, Loops, Function, Switch case, Pointer, Structure, Array, String, Function Overloading, Function templates, SCOPE of variable, Type aliases (typedef / using), Unions, Enumerated types (enum), Class, Constructors, Overloading Constructors, Member initialization in constructors, Pointers to classes, Overloading Operators, Keyword ‘this’, Static Members, Const Member Functions, Class Templates, Template Specialization, Namespace, Friendship (Friend Functions & Friend Classes), Inheritance, Polymorphism, Virtual Members, Abstract base class.
3	Unix: Following commands and their different options: Is, ps, pwd, mv, cp, touch, cat, time, cal, bc, sort, diff, wc, comm, In, du, kill, sleep, chmod, chown, chgrp, top, nice, renice, cut, paste, grep, file, whereis, which, echo, env, PATH, CLASSPATH, find. vi editor, shell, wildcard, shell script.
4	Data Structure: Searching, Sorting, Stack, Queue, Linked List, Tree, Graph.
5	Introduction of Computers: Bus structure, Basic I/O, Subroutines, Interrupt, DMA, RAM, ROM, pipeline, system calls.
6	Operating System: Process, Thread, CPU Scheduling, Deadlock, Synchronisation, Memory Management, Disk Management, File Management.
7	Computer Network: Concepts of networking, Application areas, Classification, Reference models, Transmission environment & technologies, Routing algorithms, IP, UDP & TCP protocols, IPv4 and IPv6, Reliable data transferring methods, Application protocols, Network Security, Management systems, Perspectives of communication networks.
8	Database Management System: Introduction to Databases, ER diagram, Relational Algebra, Relational Calculus, SQL, Normalisation, Transactions, Indexing, Query optimisation.
9	Software Engineering: Introduction to Software Engineering, A Generic view of process, Process models, Software Requirements, Requirements engineering process, System models, Design Engineering, Testing Strategies, Product metrics, Metrics for Process & Products, Risk management, Quality Management.
10	Machine Learning: Classification, Decision Tree Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines, Bayesian Learning, Clustering, Hidden Markov Models.

Scoring Methodology

Category-I
- Only one option is correct.
- A correct response will yield 1 (one) mark for each question.
- Incorrect response will yield -1/4 (25% negative) marks for each question.
- For any combination of more than one option, even if it contains the correct option, the said answer will be treated as incorrect and will yield -¼ (negative 25%) marks.
- Zero mark will be awarded for not attempting any question.
Category-II
- One or more option(s) is/are correct.
- Marking all correct options only will yield 2 (two) marks.
- For any combination of answers containing one or more incorrect options, the said answer will be treated as incorrect, and it will yield zero (0) mark even if one or more of the chosen option(s) is/are correct.
- For partially correct answers, i.e., when all correct options are not marked and also no incorrect options are marked, marks awarded = 2 × (no of correct options marked/total no of actually correct options).
- Zero mark will be awarded for not attempting any question.

Eligibility and academic qualification criteria

Eligibility criteria for the application:
- Citizenship: Applicant must be a Citizen of India.
- Qualification: Passed/appeared in Undergraduate Level and final Semester Examination.

Eligibility criteria for admission:

Parameters	Module-1 JU	Module-2 CU	Module-3 KU	Module-4 NBU	Module-5 VU	Module-6 MAKAUT & Others**
Eligible qualifying UG courses:
B.E. / B.Tech. (Computer Sc/IT)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
B.E. / B.Tech. (Others)	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
B.Sc. (Major) - Computer Application	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
B.Sc. (Hon's) - Computer Sc.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
B.Sc. (Hon's) - Others	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes*	Yes
B.A. / B.Com. (Hons.)	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
B.Sc. (General)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
B.A. / B.Com. (General)	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
BCA	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
B.Sc. (Hon's) - IT	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
B.Voc	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Overall % in the qualifying UG course (Honours candidates should consider marks in the honours subject only)	60% (45%)	60% (55%)	60% (45%)	60% (50%)	50% (45%)	50% (45%)
Mathematics score at the UG level	Passed	Passed	Passed	Passed	Passed	NA

Aggregate in Class 12	60% (45%)	60% (55%)	60% (45%)	60% (50%)	50% (45%)	50% (45%)
Mathematics score in Class 12	60% (45%)	60% (55%)	Passed	Passed	Passed	NA

Aggregate in Class 10	60% (45%)	60% (55%)	60% (45%)	60% (50%)	NA	NA
Mathematics score in Class 10	60% (45%)	60% (55%)	Passed	Passed	NA	NA

*As per the communication received from VU, for admission to the MCA course in the academic year 2026-27, the academic eligibility criteria will be as follows: BSc (Hon's) - Others (Physics, Chemistry, Statistics, Electronics, Mathematics, Economics).

** As per the communication received from MAKAUT, for admission to the MCA course in the academic year 2023-24, the academic eligibility criteria will be followed as stipulated in the Approval Process Handbook 2022-23. In connection with the above, the students who desire to take admission to the MCA course in MAKAUT and/or its affiliating Institutions, having no mathematics background, a compulsory bridge course will be framed by the said University/Institution and additional bridge courses related to computer subjects as per the norms of the concerned university.

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Published On: 09 Apr 2026

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