Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2021 April meeting has been delayed taking into account the rising COVID-19 cases. The new dates for the selection test will be declared 15 days before the assessment.
NTA has delayed the JEE Main 2021 April meeting
New Delhi: In the wake of spiraling COVID-19 cases, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has delayed the April meeting of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main booked from April 27 to 30. The reexamined dates for the JEE Main 2021 April meeting will be declared later on and at any rate 15 days before the assessment, NTA has said. This choice comes following a clamor by designing understudies requesting deferment.
"Taking a gander at the current circumstance of the COVID-19 pandemic and furthermore considering the security and prosperity of the up-and-comers and assessment functionaries, it has been chosen to defer the JEE Main 2021 April meeting," peruses the authority notice.
This year, NTA is sorting out JEE Main in four meetings. Two of these meetings have effectively been finished in February and March. The quantity of applicants who have showed up in the February meeting is 6,20,978 and in March is 5,56,248, according to the information shared by NTA.
"Meanwhile, up-and-comers can rehearse part astute tests on the NTA Abhyas App from the solace of their homes," the authority explanation added.
Training Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' took to Twitter and said, "Given the current COVID-19 circumstance, I have encouraged NTA to delay the JEE (Main) – 2021 April Session. I might want to emphasize that the security of our understudies and their scholarly vocation are Education Ministry's and my superb concerns at the present time".
On April 14, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has delayed Class 12 assessments and dropped Class 10 assessments. The choice was taken after a gathering led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to survey the circumstance. The tests were booked to be held from May 4 to June 14.
For Class 12 assessments, CBSE will survey the circumstance on June 1. A notification of in any event 15 days will be given before the beginning of the assessments, according to Education Ministry's assertion.
JEE (Main) 2021 April meeting delayed as Covid cases see record spike
Initial two meetings have effectively been finished in February and March
The following period of the Joint Entrance Exam - Main (JEE Main) has been delayed because of the upsurge in Covid-19 cases the nation over, said National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday.
The modified dates will at any rate 15 days before the test.
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"Investigating the current circumstance of the Covid-19 pandemic and furthermore considering the security and prosperity of the applicants and assessment functionaries, it has been chosen to delay the JEE (Main) - 2021 April meeting," the office said in an explanation.
The initial two meetings have effectively been finished in February and March.
The understudies have been encouraged to visit the authority NTA site (www.nta.ac.in) and (https://jeemain.nta.nic.in/) for the most recent updates identified with the tests.
"Given the current Covid-19 circumstance, I have encouraged NTA to defer the JEE (Main) 2021- April meeting. I might want to emphasize that the security of our understudies and their scholastic vocation are Education Ministry's and my excellent concerns at the present time," Pokhriyal composed.
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