NEET, JEE Main 2020: OYO rolls out discounts for students appearing for exams

As JEE-Main exams commenced on September 1 and NEET and or state-level examinations are also scheduled to be held in coming weeks across India, OYO, one world’s leading hospitality chains, reportedly extended its support and rolled out discounts for students. In a bid to help Ministry of Education, local government authorities, parents, guardians and students, OYO set up an email helpline, i.e. students_stay@oyorooms.com, so that those appearing for national entrance as well as state exams can conveniently and safely book quality accommodation. 

While speaking about OYO’s contribution, CEO Rohit Kapoor said, "Given current circumstances with an active pandemic at play, we, at OYO, wanted to make this journey a tad bit easier for all students and ir families by supporting m with quality, standardised, and safe accommodation at affordable prices. This is our effort in ensuring that India's aspiring young talent can focus on ir academics rar than or contributing stresses during pandemic. We would like to thank our asset partners for ir continued support in helping us serve community at large”. 

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recent initiative is a part of OYO’s ongoing efforts to serve larger community dealing with various uncertainties and challenges due to unprecedented coronavirus pandemic. Over 24 lakh students are set to appear for upcoming exams, with many hailing from smaller towns and cities. To support  students, Union Minister of Education, Ramesh Pokhiyal ‘Nishkank’ had appealed to local government authorities to support aspirants. 

Keeping welfare of students as well as ir parents and guardians in mind, OYO promised to support India’s ‘as young talent’ with accommodation requirements across 300 cities, including Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi NCR and ors. According to reports, coaching institutes like NEET Advisor have also partnered with hospitality chain to ensure that stay is looked after while students can focus completely on preparing for exam. 

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‘OYO4Students’ 

Moreover, OYO assets owners across nation are also ensuring that y provide a comfortable environment for students so that y avoid stepping out of hotel as far as possible. With new initiative, students or ir parents/guardians can easily book an OYO hotel with ‘Sanitised Stay’ tag near ir examination centre by redeeming coupon code ‘OYO4Students’ across OYO’s booking platforms including app, website and email helpline. 

Kapoor said, “Through our app, website, or email helpline, students and ir parents can book an OYO hotel close to ir examination centre at a reasonable price and we'll take care of rest. Even during times like this, we salute spirit of se 2.4 million students who are geared up to take ir first step towards a better future and a brighter India”. 

(With ANI inputs) 

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