Published 20:03 IST, July 28th 2020
Students call for postponing NEET, JEE exams amid COVID, #PostponeJEE_NEETinCovid trends
The aspirants of two key examinations, Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) are calling for their postponing.
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The aspirants of two key examinations in India, Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) are calling for their postponing amid the coronavirus outbreak. Thousands of internet users and JEE or NEET aspirants are taking on Twitter under the hashtag #PostponeJEE_NEETinCovid and citing the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases to scrap the examinations that are scheduled to be held in September. Already postponed once, the students are seeking a further delay in the exams and listing reasons from mental stress and health safety, so much so, that the hashtag started trending on Twitter.
The JEE Main examinations have been decided to take place from September 1, 2020, to September 6, 2020, while JEE Advanced will be conducted on September 27. Earlier, these examinations were set to take place in July but the dates were shifted due to the situation of COVID-19 in the country. NEET 2020 would be conducted on September 13, 2020, and the National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared that admit cards would be released on August 28 or August 29. Meanwhile, the coronavirus infections in the country have surpassed 1.4 million with 33,408 deaths as per Johns Hopkins University tally.
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#PostponeJEE_NEETinCovid posts on Twitter
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20:03 IST, July 28th 2020