JEE Main 2020, NEET 2020, JEE Advanced exam dates: SC lawyer requests PMO for postponement

19-Aug-2020

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According to a latest development, today one Supreme Court (SC) lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava has submitted a request to the PMO seeking postponement of JEE Main 2020, JEE Advanced 2020 and NEET 2020 exam dates. All these exams are scheduled to be held in September 2020.

NEET and JEE 2020 latest updates - New Exam Dates announced by NTA

Srivastava said in his letter that the JEE and NEET examinations that will be held in September 2020 should be postponed. He added that if it is not possible to postpone it, then students who are unable to give these entrance exams in September must be given a chance to appear at a later stage.

Earlier on 17^th August 2020, the honorable Supreme Court had dismissed pleas made by some parents to postpone JEE Main 2020 and NEET 2020 exams saying that postponement of JEE and NEET will put students' careers in peril. JEE Main 2020 is to be held online from September 1 to 6 while NEET 2020 for admission to undergraduate medical courses is slated to be held offline on September 13 across 161 exam centres in India.

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Approximately 1 million students appear JEE Main examinations every year and even this year about 9,35,000 students have registered for JEE Main 2020 while close to 1.5 million students register every year for NEET to seek admission into undergraduate courses at medical colleges. This may be mentioned here that only about 12,000 seats are available across IITs whereas, only 50,000 odd seats are available for MBBS.

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Update: EduNews - Centre increases NEET and JEE 2020 exam centres

NEET and JEE 2020 latest updates - New Exam Dates announced by NTA

4-July-2020

National Testing Agency has released new exam dates for JEE Main, NEET and JEE Advanced 2020 Exams

Union HRD Minister Shri 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 after considering the prevailing situation of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Now, the JEE Main 2020 Entrance Exam for admission to undergraduate level engineering courses will be held from September 1 to 6 and JEE Advanced 2020 will be held on September 27.

NEET 2020 will now be held on September 13. This is the second time this year that the exams have been postponed. Originally these entrance exams were to be held in April and May, this year respectively. 

JEE Main 2020 will be held from July 18-23 while medical entrance test NEET 2020 will be conducted on July 26 and JEE Advanced 2020 is in August

Latest updates 19-Aug-2020

• JEE Main 2020, NEET 2020, JEE Advanced exam dates: SC lawyer requests PMO for postponement
• JEE Main 2020 Admit Card released: Download Hall Ticket from NTA JEE official site

NTA NEET 2020, JEE Main and JEE Advanced 2020 exam schedules announced

5-May-2020
In continuation to our previous EduNews we let you know further that today our Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister announced the dates for JEE Main 2020 and NEET 2020 exams.

Nationwide Engineering Joint Exam JEE Main 2020 will now be held from July 18 to July 23 while medical entrance test NEET 2020 will be conducted on July 26. JEE Advanced 2020 is expected to be held in August 2020, dates of which are not decided yet.

Another important thing he mentioned that JEE Main 2021 and NEET 2021 are likely to be held on the reduced syllabus. The minister urged students to self-study with the help of online study materials (websites) to prepare for Medical and Engineering Entrance Exams. With low-connectivity areas, the content will be telecast through SWAYAM Prabha TV, he informed.

Over 9 lakh students have registered to appear for JEE Main 2020 and over 15.93 lakh have applied for NEET 2020, as per the National Testing Agency (NTA) – the exam conducting body.

The dates for JEE Advanced will be decided soon, said HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal through a webinar on 5the May’20 Tuesday. Only the top 2.5 lakh of JEE Main are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced.

While JEE Main 2020 and NEET 2020 were to be held in April and the first week of May, respectively which were then postponed to be held by May-end. JEE Advanced 2020 was to be held in 3^rd week of May. See latest update and new dates : 

• NEET and JEE 2020 latest updates - New Exam Dates announced by NTA
• 45 lakh candidates stuck as JEE, NEET other major Entrance Tests deferred due to Nation-wide lockdown amid Corona Virus outbreak  

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.

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.

 EduNews 
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