JEE Main to be conducted from July 20-25 and July 27 to Aug 2: Pokhriyal
Highlights
- JEE Main April session exam to be conducted from July 20-25
- May session exam will be held from July 27 to August 2, 2021
- Those who have not applied for these two sessions will get three days time to apply online through the NTA website.
NEW DELHI: The two pending Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Mains will be conducted from July 20-25 and July 27 to August 2, 2021. This was announced by union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Tuesday.
JEE-Mains is being conducted four times a year from the current academic session to offer flexibility to students and a chance to improve their scores amidst the second wave of Covid-19 in India.
The first phase in February was followed by the second phase in March, while the next phases were scheduled for April and May.
But those were postponed after a spike in the number of cases of coronavirus during the second wave of the pandemic in India.
The JEE-Advanced exam, which is conducted for admission to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) was also postponed. The exam was scheduled on 3 July.
Meanwhile, the government is likely to announce the dates on NEET-UG 2021 later this week. According to sources, the registration is likely to start from Saturday, while exam is likely to conducted in the first week of September. NEET-UG was scheduled for August 1, but due to the surge in Covid-19 cases and subsequent lockdown the registration, which was supposed to commence from May 1, was kept in abeyance.
The registration for third session (April) exams will commence from Tuesday till July 8, 2021 (11:59pm) while the registration for the fourth and final session (May) exam will begin from July 9 and to continue till July 12, 2021. The final merit list based on the all four JEE (Mains) will be announced on August 9. The final merit list based on the all four JEE (Mains) will be announced on August 9.
JEE-Mains is being conducted four times a year from the current academic session to offer flexibility to students and a chance to improve their scores amidst the second wave of Covid-19 in India.
The first phase in February was followed by the second phase in March, while the next phases were scheduled for April and May.
But those were postponed after a spike in the number of cases of coronavirus during the second wave of the pandemic in India.
The JEE-Advanced exam, which is conducted for admission to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) was also postponed. The exam was scheduled on 3 July.
Meanwhile, the government is likely to announce the dates on NEET-UG 2021 later this week. According to sources, the registration is likely to start from Saturday, while exam is likely to conducted in the first week of September. NEET-UG was scheduled for August 1, but due to the surge in Covid-19 cases and subsequent lockdown the registration, which was supposed to commence from May 1, was kept in abeyance.
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