JEE Mains, NEET-UG, CUCET 2021: Latest update on engineering, medical and central universities entrance exams

JEE Mains, NEET-UG, CUCET 2021: Latest update on engineering, medical and central universities entrance exams

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Sunday, June 13, 2021, 01:06 PM IST
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JEE Mains, NEET-UG, CUCET 2021: Latest update on engineering, medical and central universities entrance exams | PTI

In the wake of huge rise in COVID-19 cases in the country and considering the threat of third wave for children, the government has cancelled Class 10 and Class 12 board exams of the CBSE and CISCE boards. After the central government, several state boards also cancelled the Class 12 exams.

The cancellation of class 12 board exams in view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation will bring more clarity and the schedule for the subsequent entrance examinations is expected to be decided soon.

The evaluation criteria for the Class 12 is yet to be given by ICSE and CBSE.

However, the Ministry of Education has not yet taken any decision on the entrance exams which are scheduled to be held in the upcoming months.

Due to second wave of Covid - 19, Ministry of Education, in May urged for the postponement of all offline examinations scheduled in the month of May, 2021.

In a letter addressed to all the heads of centrally funded institutions, Secretary, Higher Education Shri Amit Khare had urged the Institutions to postpone all offline examinations scheduled in the month of May, 2021. The Online examinations, etc were however allowed to be held.

The letter had also stated that the decision will be reviewed in the first week of June,2021.

Now, as per the latest update by PTI, The Ministry of Education will soon review the situation to decide on conducting the two remaining editions of engineering entrance exams JEE-Mains and medical entrance exam NEET in August.

JEE Mains

From this session, the JEE-Mains is being conducted four times a year to offer flexibility to students and a chance to improve their scores. The first phase in February was followed by the second in March, while the next phases were scheduled for April and May.

But they were postponed after an exponential rise in Covid cases during the second wave of the pandemic.

Recently, JEE-Advanced, which is conducted for admission to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology and the National Institutes of Technology, was also postponed. The exam was scheduled for July 3.

NEET-UG

While no further decision was taken about NEET-UG, the registration of the exam which was supposed to commence from May 1, was kept in abeyance.

CUCET
The ministry is also yet to decide on the fate of the Central University Common Entrance Test (CUCET) and a decision in this regard is expected after the CBSE announces its alternative assessment criteria for class 12 boards.

The government on Tuesday decided to cancel the CBSE Class 12 board exams amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic across the country with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that the decision has been taken in the interest of students and the anxiety among students, parents and teachers must be put to an end.

(With iniputs from PTI)

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