NEW DELHI: Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said on Thursday that a panel will review the situation for conducting medical and engineering entrance exams NEET and JEE amid concerns over spike in COVID-19 cases.
Parents and students have raised concerns about conducting the exams in July.
JEE Main is
scheduled to be held from July 18 to 23 and NEET UG will be held on July 26,
2020.
Students
support JEE Main and NEET cancellation
Students from all over the country have
come forward in social media to support the cancellation of JEE Main and NEET.
They are demanding official notice and clarification regarding the
examinations. Hashtags such as #HealthOverNEETJEE #postponejeeneet
#NoExamsInCovid are currently making their rounds on Twitter.
JEE Mains 2020,
NEET 2020: With the CBSE Board and ICSE Board announcing the cancellation of
Class 10 and Class 12 Board exams, students who are preparing for JEE Main, JEE
Advanced and NEET 2020 are now apprehensive about the cancellation of JEE and
NEET exams. Due to the growing number of coronavirus cases, the CBSE Board Exam
2020 were announced cancelled on Thursday.
JEE
Mains 2020, NEET 2020
According to an earlier announcement by HRD
Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', the
National Test Abhyas app will not have test modules in the Hindi language.
Students preparing for the JEE Main and NEET 2020 can attempt mock tests online
in Hindi language, free of cost.
JEE Mains 2020 are otherwise scheduled to be conducted from July
18 to July 23, whereas the JEE Advanced is scheduled to be conducted from
August 23. The NEET 2020 is scheduled to be held on July 26.
However, now that CBSE Board and the ICSE Board have cancelled
the Class 10 and Class 12 board exams, there is a high possibility that the
entrance exams for JEE Mains 2020, JEE Advanced and NEET 2020 may be
cancelled.
According to sources, the JEE (Main) and NEET-UG examinations
are also likely to be deferred this year in view of increasing the COVID-19
crisis across the country.
A decision in this regard is, however,
awaited.
Meanwhile, students who are preparing for JEE Mains 2020, JEE
Advanced and NEET 2020 are raising their concerns over social media and are
enquiring about the NEET 2020 Exam Date.
More than 15 lakh students had applied for NEET 2020 this year,
while nearly 9 lakh had applied for JEE Main.
Further, a couple of thousands had applied in the second
application window for JEE Main, which was to reopen to ensure that students
who had earlier skipped it as they aimed to study abroad.
The coronavirus pandemic has obstructed foreign
admissions.
In all, more than 24 lakh students are preparing for the JEE
Mains 2020, JEE Advanced and NEET 2020 this year.
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