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NEET, JEE Main 2020 Exam Date HIGHLIGHTS: Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal announced that the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main and National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET 2020) will now be held in September. As a consequence, JEE Advanced too stands postponed. The announcement was released based on a report submitted by a panel of experts. The decision was taken after considering the prevailing situation of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Now, the JEE Main – entrance exam for admission to undergraduate level engineering courses will be held from September 1 to 6 and JEE Advanced will be held on September 27. NEET will now be held on September 13. This is the second time this year that the exams have been postponed. These were to be held in April and May, respectively.
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Keeping in mind the safety of students and to ensure quality education we have decided to postpone #JEE & #NEET examinations. JEE Main examination will be held between 1st-6th Sept, JEE advanced exam will be held on 27th Sept & NEET examination will be held on 13th Sept. pic.twitter.com/klTjtBxvuw
— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) July 3, 2020
The minister was compelled to rethink in conducting the entrance after communications received from agitating students and parents from the country and abroad. A few days ago, parents of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET UG 2020) candidates in the Middle East countries have filed a plea in Supreme Court demanding to postpone the medical entrance exam.
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In a video message, the HRD Minister said, “I hope you will utilize this time to prepare well and hone your strong points further.” He also emphasized on “stress-free” exam preparations.
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This year, students have got more time to prepare for JEE Main and NEET while this is good for individual score if one retain focus. Experts believe that since the time is available to all students, there are chances that top-ranking students would make the most of it and the cut-off would go higher this year. Since there is relative marking or percentile scoring, students can expect a tougher competition.
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To ensure that the exam centres are closest to the candidate, the exam conducting body — National Testing Agency — will open an edit window. Students who have filled their application forms will be able to make corrections, if any, and apply for a change in centre cities from July 4 to July 15 at the official website - nta.ac.in. This is applicable for both JEE Main and NEET.
The official notice by the NTA states that the admit cards for both JEE Main and NEET will be released 15 days in advance. This implies, the admit card for the JEE Main exam can be expected by August 15 while that of NEET can be expected by August-end of September first week
Now, to ensure that the exam centres are closest to the candidate, the exam conducting body — National Testing Agency — will open an edit window. Students who have filled their application forms will be able to make corrections if any, and apply for a change in centre cities from July 4 to July 15 at the official website ntaneet.nic.in. The same will be applicable for JEE Main candidates at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
The JEE Main, the gateway exam for admission to the NITs, will now be held over six days between September 1 and September 6. NEET, meant for undergraduate medical programmes, will be held on September 13. JEE (Advanced) will be held on September 27. HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal announced the fresh dates during a webinar Friday
The government is now aiming to wrap up the counseling process for engineering and medical programmes by Diwali, that is November 14 latest. Hence, higher education institutions may only be able to start classes for first-year students around November-end or the first week of December. The IITs may ask the new batch to join only in December...read more
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The IITs will try to declare the results on the eight-day from the exam, which is by October 5. Joint counseling for the IITs and NITs would begin the latest by October 7 and last for a month, sources informed The Indian Express. Read full report here
The Agency has decided to announce JEE (Main) results in five days, around September 11, and NEET results in 20 days, by the first week of October. This is being done to ensure that the academic session is not delayed further and students can start the admission process.
Human Resource Development Minister (HRD) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank had the time and again mentioned that safety is the first priority of his ministry. He had said at several occasions, "pehle suraksha fir siksha" which means first safety and then education. He had commented earlier the HRD ministry has been making decisions based on the situation and in areas where it appears to be extreme, appropriate decisions will be taken. He added that students are the asset and future of the nation and their safety is of the utmost importance to the government and no decision will be taken which can endanger their health.
Several students had taken to social media including but not limited to Twitter and Facebook. Students raised the demand for postponing the entrance exams by using hashtags including #StudentsLivesMatter #postponejeeneet2020, #HealthOverExams, and #HealthOverNEETjee. These hashtags were trending on Twitter for several days.
The new schedule announced Friday is based on the inputs of the four-member committee headed by NTA Director-General Vineet Joshi, government sources informed The Indian Express. "The (public) support for further delay is overwhelming. Moreover, holding exams in July has become unfeasible since many of the test centres are falling in containment zones," said a ministry official on the condition of anonymity. Read the complete report here
This year, the exams have been postponed twice. Originally, JEE Main was scheduled between April 7 and April 11, and NEET on May 3. On May 5, The HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced to hold JEE Main between July 18 and July 23 and NEET on July 26. JEE Advanced to be held in August. Now, all three have been postponed to be held in September
According to sources in the National Testing Agency (NTA), JEE (Main) results would be announced mid-September and NEET results are expected in the first week of October. Read full story here
-- NEET 2020 on September 13
We have decided to postpone both the exams considering the safety of the students. Safety is our first concern and then value-based education. Now, JEE Main will be held between September 1 and 6 while NEET will be held on September 13. The JEE Advanced will now be held on September 27. I hope that you will utilize this extra time in polishing your abilities and work towards stress-free preparations, the HRD minister said in a video message.
While the final decision is yet to be announced, students have been demanding postponement of the exams. Earlier, the nationwide parents association had written to the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) asking to postpone the competitive exams. Parents had given 16 reasons to justify their demands. Read the entire letter here
While NEET is mandatory for pursuing BDS and MBBS, students can pursue allied sciences without NEET. For engineering aspirants, there are several other exams conducted at the state level which can give students admissions to BE, BTech level courses across India. Several foreign-based colleges also have their own entrance criteria