22k to appear for JEE today amid heightened security

Ranchi: The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) will be held at eight centres across five cities in the state beginning Tuesday. Around 22,000 students in Jharkhand are supposed to take part in the examination. The test will be held in eight centres — two each in Ranchi, Dhanbad and Jamshedpur and one centre each in Hazaribag and Bokaro. The examination will be held in two shifts at all the centres between September 1-6. The centre heads and coordinators for JEE were briefed about the arrangements to be made by the district officials during a meeting on August 28.
Meanwhile, state president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM ) Kislay Tiwari said: “We have decided to provide all kinds of assistance to students appearing for the national-level competitive examination. Our party workers have set up shelters within 100 metres at all eight centres across the state and will provide sanitizers, masks, water bottles and refreshments to the students as well as their parents while maintaining social-distancing norms.”
Tiwari added that BJYM has released helpline numbers for all five districts and party workers will help students who need assistance in reaching their centres. “In other parts of the country, the state governments and local authorities are doing their bit to help the candidates. But we feel that such is not the case in Jharkhand. We, therefore, decided to chip-in,” Tiwari said.
Earlier in the day, Ranchi DC Chhavi Ranjan held a meeting with examination co-ordinators for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), which will be held on September 23.
Talking to TOI, Ranjan said: “We have briefed the heads of online testing centres about the guidelines of the state government and have also asked them to make adequate arrangements as per the advisory issued by the National Testing Agency. Moreover, we have decided to depute magistrates and security personnel at the JEE centres on all six days, and the same will be done during the NEET examination on September 23.”