45 lakh candidates stuck as JEE, NEET other major Entrance Tests deferred due to Nation-wide lockdown amid Corona Virus outbreak

As many as 45 lakh students preparing for major competitive examinations scheduled over the next three months are stranded as the nationwide lockdown in the wake of corona virus outbreak has upset the examination calendar by at least a month.

JEE Advanced, JEE Main, NEET, UGC-NET, CSIR UGC-NET, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) scheduled in April, May and June 2020 will be affected by this lockdown.

Indian Government, NTA has notified that JEE and NEET Entrance Tests have been postponed to the last week of May keeping in mind the three week National lockdown due to Corona virus outbreak in India.

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) whose marks are used for admission in Medical Colleges across the country was scheduled to be held on 3rd May. As of now NEET is proposed to be held in the last week of May’20, exact dates will be announced later after assessing the situation due to corona virus pandemic.

Similarly the Engineering Entrance Test JEE Main has been postponed till last week of may as per the official statement issued yesterday 27^th March’20 in view of the current situation prevailing in the country due to Corona virus outbreak. The exam conducting agency NTA (National Testing Agency) has released a notification in which it has intimated to candidates that the examination dates will be announced letter after assessing the situation.

NEET is held annually for admission to undergraduate medical courses MBBS, BDS and Ayush programs through this examination. Admission to veterinary courses are also done on the basis of NEET score.

JEE main is held for admission to undergraduate engineering programs at NITs, IITs, other centrally funded technical institutions, cftri Institutions funded by participating State Governments. The exam is held twice a year and candidates are allowed to appear for both these examinations.

As of now, both NEET and JEE have been postponed till further dates are announced by NTA. These examinations were scheduled to be held in April and May 2020. NTA is yet to announce about other examinations.

JEE Main 2020 Registration started on jeemain.nic.in - Details and Guidelines - How to Apply

Joint Entrance Examination Main - JEE Main 2020 Registration will start shortly on jeemain.nic.in. Relax… here we have given step by step instructions of how to apply online for NTA JEE Main 2020 January Exam, syllabus, eligibility criteria and more.

JEE Main 2020 Registration: 

Joint Entrance Examination, JEE Main 2020 registration for January 2020 examination will start anytime today, September 3, 2019 on jeemain.nic.in. Students interested in taking up engineering courses in IITs, NITs, IIITs and other GFTIs are required to appear for JEE Main 2020 examination.

IIT and other engineering aspirants must be aware that the JEE Main 2020 exam pattern has been revised by National Testing Agency (NTA). As per NTA, the number of questions and their pattern has been revised (see the changes and syllabus as released by NTA by clicking on the link here).

JEE Main 2020 Eligibility:

Students studying in their Class 12 or who have completed their class 12 examinations in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and two other subjects are eligible to apply for JEE Main 2020. Please note, students who completed their Class 12 or any other qualifying examination in 2018, 2019 or the ones who would be appearing in 2020 are only eligible for JEE Main 2020 (link given hereunder for list of such exams).

Students who qualified in 2017 are not eligible to appear for JEE Main 2020.

Also, for JEE Main 2020 Paper II, students are required to have qualified in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Instead of the 5 subject rule, the four subject rule is applicable for JEE Main 2020.

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JEE Main 2020 Syllabus:

As per the official website jeemain.nic.in, JEE Main 2020 syllabus is almost same as in Class 11 and Class 12 curriculum for Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Here is

JEE Main 2020 Syllabus is for quick reference.

JEE Main 2020 Important Dates:

• Online JEE Main 2020 Registration begins: September 3, 2019
• Last date to apply online: September 30, 2019
• Download of JEE Main 2020 Admit Card: From December 16, 2019
• Exam Dates: between January 6 to January 11, 2020 (will be confirmed by NTA later)

Joint Entrance Examination 2020 (Main) aspirants to note that

• Students who are eligible can apply for either / both of the two examinations which would be conducted by NTA. Only the better of the two scores would be considered for final merit list and rank calculation which would be released after JEE Main 2020 II paper result in April, 2020.
• JEE Main 2020 examination to be held in January’20 would be conducted only in Computer Based Test or CBT format. The Paper II, however, would be a pen and paper based test as was the earlier pattern.
• Students are advised to fill the online application forms at the earliest so that he / she can be allotted exam center as per his / her choice.
• The eligibility age limit would be calculated bases the April 2020 examination and there is no upper age limit.
• Students who have qualified the Class 12 or equivalent examination in 2017 or before are not eligible for JEE Main 2020 (Neither January nor April examinations).

JEE Main 2020 - How to Apply Online:

Candidates interested are required to fill the online application form on jeemain.nic.in, once it is released. NTA has released a step by step document on how to fill JEE Main 2020.

The 4 steps to apply are –

1. Registration,
2. Filling online application,
3. Uploading scanned images etc. and
4. Paying the application fees.

To download or check complete information about the Mode of Exam & Questions Pattern, Schedule for Exam & Result, State Eligibility, List and Year of Appearance in Qualifying Exams, Categories with Reservations percentages, NTA JEE (Main) 2020 Application Fees, Details regarding admission to NITs, IIITs, CFTIs, SFIs, State Engineering Colleges for Participating States and other Participating Engineering Colleges / Institutions, click on the link below -    

JEE Main 2020 Complete Official Information

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NEET Counselling 2019: Medical Council Committee released list of eligible candidates to fill in the vacant MBBS seats 

NEET Counselling 2019: Medical Council Committee released list of eligible candidates to fill in the vacant MBBS seats

Medical Council Committee (MCC) releases list of eligible candidates to fill in the vacant MBBS seats left after NEET counselling 2019.

NEET counselling 2019: Among the vacant MBBS seats, several are in IP University, Delhi University (DU) and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). In the ESIC Medical Institute as well several seats are left vacant and a separate list of candidates eligible for admission to these seats is released.

The Medical Council Committee (MCC) released the list of eligible candidates to fill in the seats left vacant after counselling rounds. Candidates who have qualified the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2019 and are yet to secure a seat can check the list at mcc.nic.in.

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Among the vacant seats, several are available in the IP University, Delhi University and Aligarh Muslim University. In the ESIC medical institute as well several seats are left vacant and a separate list of candidates eligible for admission to these seats is released.

After conducting three counselling rounds for NEET - based admission, a final mop-up round was conducted earlier for vacant seats. A total of 2,004 students have been allotted colleges under mop-up round.

The counselling process for over 7 lakh candidates who qualified the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2019 began in June. The qualifying criteria for this category are 50th percentile for the reserved category the minimum marks are 40 percentile.

For those who could not clear the exam this year, NEET 2020 is scheduled to be held on May 3, 2020 (Sunday). This is the second time the National Testing Agency (NTA) will be conducting the NEET. The application process will begin from December 2 and will close on December 31. Interested candidates can apply at — ntaneet.nic.in.

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JEE Main 2020 Registration started on jeemain.nic.in - Details and Guidelines - How to Apply 

NEET 2019 Alert: 86 Examination Centres changed by NTA, check and download revised Admit Card

Update 04-May-19: National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET 2019 has been postponed for the state of Odisha. It is confirmed. Students may please note that NEET 2019 examination has been cancelled for the examination centres in Odisha. The schedule for the NEET 2019 examination for all the other state, however, remains unchanged. For official notification visit ntaneet.nic.in. Students may please note that only the exam has been cancelled only for the centres in the state of Odisha. In case a student for Odisha, who is not currently in Odisha and has a centre in any other state, the examinaton would be conducted as per the schedule - which is tomorrow. 

Posted 03-May-19: 

Yesterday, National Testing Agency (NTA) has released an important notice regarding the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test or NEET 2019 examination centres.

As per the notice, due to the General Elections to Lok Sabha and other unavoidable circumstances, some 86 examination centres have been changed by NTA. The revised list has been released on ntaneet.nic.in.

All students are advised to check and confirm whether he/she has been affected due to this change and accordingly download their revised NEET 2019 Admit Card from ntaneet.nic.in now.

Students who have been affected by the change are being informed via SMS, email or voice message by appropriate authority. The admit card link is still active. NEET 2019 is scheduled for this Sunday – May 5, 2019.
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Students may please note that candidates would not be allowed to enter wrong examination centres nor would they be allowed to enter with old admit cards. Hence all the students appearing National Eligibility cum Entrance Test  2019 are advised to please check the revised list of examination centres provided in the NTA official notice by clicking on the link given below and accordingly download their revised admit cards for  NEET 2019. 

Official List of Revised ExaminationCentres by NTA for NEET 2019

EduNews: Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board announced revised date for WBJEE-2019

Updated: 23-12-2018

West Bengal Joint Entrance Exam (WBJEE 2019) for admission to engineering and pharmacy colleges will be held on May 26, 2019.

"Paper-I (math) will be held in the first half, from 11am to 1pm. Paper-II (physics & chemistry) will be held in the second half, from 2pm to 4pm," board chairman Malayendu Saha said. The results of WBJEE - 2019 are likely to be published on July 2.

WBJEE 2019 dates have been changed twice.

EduNews: WBJEE 2019 date to change  

Saha had said the board was likely to hold the test on April 21, 2019, while releasing the results of this year's exam in May.

On December 12, the exam date was fixed on May 19, assuming the Lok Sabha polls and the results would be declared by then.

On Monday, the board said the dates would be revised because of the JEE (Advanced) on May 19.

This year, the exam was held on April 22 and the results were announced on May 23.

The board has announced that applications can be filed and fees paid online from December 26.

"The classes start on August 1. We will take steps to ensure the online counselling is held in a way that the session starts on time," board chairman Saha said.

The board holds several rounds of online counselling and students are admitted after each round.

This year, the online counselling began in the first week of June.

The board this year had held mock counselling across 33 centres to explain the concept of online counselling.

West Bengal JEE board declared tentative dates for WBJEE 2019 and mock e-counseling to be held across 33 centers

Now after this unusual delay in taking exam, some doubt is quite apparent if the WBJEE board will hold such mock counselling next year for WBJEE 2020.

Schedule for WBJEE - 2019

Date of Exam: 26th May 2019 (Sunday)
On-Line Registration: 26th Dec 2018 to 22nd Jan2019 (5 p.m.)
Registration through Website: www.wbjeeb.nic.in
For information bulletin of WBJEE-2019 and other details please visit the board website: www.wbjeeb.in / www.wbjeeb.nic.in

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EduNews:West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination board has decided to revise the examination date for WBJEE 2019

West Bengal JEE board declared tentative dates for WBJEE 2019 and mock e-counseling to be held across 33 centers 

EduNews: WBJEE 2019 date to change

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) board has decided to revise the examination date for WBJEE-2019. The JEE board will announce the new date soon. 

The West Bengal Joint Entrance Exam board had initially announced to hold the entrance test (WBJEE 2019) for admission to engineering colleges and pharmacy institutes on 21^st April 2019 next year. But an announcement uploaded on the board's website on December 12 said that the test would be held on 19^th May 2019 instead.

The latest notice on the website declares that "the date of WBJEE-2019 examination will be reconsidered and the new date will be announced shortly". The JEE Advanced 2019 examination is scheduled for 19^th May 2019.

"The new dates will be announced soon," JEE board chairman Malayendu Saha said on Monday.

Saha had, while announcing the results of the WBJEE 2018 in May, said WBJEE 2019 exam was likely be held on April 21 in 2019.

"We have tentatively fixed April 21, 2019, which is a Sunday," Saha had said.

Now the exam has been deferred to May 19, assuming that the general election results would be out by then as the five-year term of the Lok Sabha ends on May 19, an official said.

This year, the exam was held on April 22 and the results were announced on May 23.

Online application and payment of fees for WBJEE 2019 will begin on December 26. "The forms can be submitted online till 5pm on January 22, 2019. Corrections can be made online and a revised confirmation page downloaded from January 23 to January 25," JEE board chairman Saha said.

The downloadable admit cards were to be published on May 7, 2019.

Updated News: Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board announced revised date for WBJEE-2019

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