Hello aspirant,

If you are confident and determined that you want to study in NIT's then you should drop for a year.

But you have to work hard as 60 percentile is very low compared to the ongoing competition. You should at least score more than 95-97% to secure top NIT's.

For preparation tips for JEE Main 2022, you can visit the link given below,

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-jee-main

In the mean time if you have some spare time you can learn many new skill from offline/online mode. Which may help you in later career.

Hope it helps you..

Best of luck..

Hey

Hope you are doing good.

Repeating a year for JEE preparation is not a waste of time only if you are determined enough to achieve your goal. There are many examples where students improve their score and get into their dream institutes by repeating a year or two.If  you want to take admission into the top engineering institutes like IITs, NITs or IIITs then dropping a year is a good option for JEE.Prepare consistently, believe in yourself, you will get into your dream institute.