JEE Main & NEET 2020 not to be postponed: Centre
The NEET (UG)-2020 exam is now scheduled on September 13, 2020 and the total of 15,97,433 candidates are registered for the same. The admit card will be released shortly. Overall, 99.87% candidates will be accommodated against their first preference of Centrre City.
Highlights
- The NEET (UG) - 2020 will be conducted on Sunday, the 13th September, 2020.
- The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday has released the JEE (Main) Admit Card.
- The exam is scheduled to be held from September 1-6, 2020.
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NEW DELHI: The NEET and IIT JEE exams will take place as per the schedule. The government of India will comply with the Supreme Court observation, a source said and added that the demand for the postponement of the exam is not justify.
"The situation is not conducive due to the Covid-19 pandemic but career of the students cannot be put on hold. Long and full academic year cannot be wasted, keeping this in mind Govt has decided to conduct the NEET & JEE Mains 2020 exams as per the schedule i.e., in the first week of September 2020," the source added.
"We find that there is absolutely no justification in the prayer made for postponement of the examination in question relating to NEET UG-2020 as well as JEE (Main) April, 2020. In our opinion, though there is pandemic situation, but ultimately life has to go and the career of the students cannot be put on peril for long and full academic year cannot be wasted," a release issued by the NTA said.
"... the examination is going to be held with due precaution and it is not going to be postponed. Thus, we find no merit in the writ petition."
It may be noted that the number of people and organisations were against the decision of the government to hold any NEET and JEE Mains examination 2020.
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The source further said that the exam will be held as per the norms of ministry of health and family welfare which means during the examination social distancing will be observed and gloves and mask will be distributed at the examination centres. Thermal screening and sanitization will be done before allowing a candidate to enter the examination hall.
The admit cards for the NEET (UG), scheduled to be held on September 13, are scheduled to be released shortly. Out of the total of 15,97,433 candidates, 99.87 per cent are being given the first choice of their preferred city.
Accordingly, the admit cards for the JEE (Main) were released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the exam is scheduled from September 1-6. Till date, out of 8,58,273 candidates, 6,49,223 have downloaded their admit cards.
Earlier on Friday, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy had sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to direct the Education Ministry to postpone NEET and JEE till Diwali, and even warned of suicides by youth if the tests were not deferred.
"The situation is not conducive due to the Covid-19 pandemic but career of the students cannot be put on hold. Long and full academic year cannot be wasted, keeping this in mind Govt has decided to conduct the NEET & JEE Mains 2020 exams as per the schedule i.e., in the first week of September 2020," the source added.
"We find that there is absolutely no justification in the prayer made for postponement of the examination in question relating to NEET UG-2020 as well as JEE (Main) April, 2020. In our opinion, though there is pandemic situation, but ultimately life has to go and the career of the students cannot be put on peril for long and full academic year cannot be wasted," a release issued by the NTA said.
"... the examination is going to be held with due precaution and it is not going to be postponed. Thus, we find no merit in the writ petition."
It may be noted that the number of people and organisations were against the decision of the government to hold any NEET and JEE Mains examination 2020.
ALSO READ: JEE Main Admit Card 2020 released @jeemain.nta.nic.in
As per the sources, most of the students have already downloaded their JEE (Mains) and NEET 2020 Admit Card and checking their examination city.
The source further said that the exam will be held as per the norms of ministry of health and family welfare which means during the examination social distancing will be observed and gloves and mask will be distributed at the examination centres. Thermal screening and sanitization will be done before allowing a candidate to enter the examination hall.
The admit cards for the NEET (UG), scheduled to be held on September 13, are scheduled to be released shortly. Out of the total of 15,97,433 candidates, 99.87 per cent are being given the first choice of their preferred city.
Accordingly, the admit cards for the JEE (Main) were released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the exam is scheduled from September 1-6. Till date, out of 8,58,273 candidates, 6,49,223 have downloaded their admit cards.
Earlier on Friday, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy had sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to direct the Education Ministry to postpone NEET and JEE till Diwali, and even warned of suicides by youth if the tests were not deferred.
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