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  • JEE-Main first session postponed to June, second session to July

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Engineering entrance exam JEE-Main’s first session has been postponed to June and the second session to July, officials of the National Testing Agency said on Wednesday.

    The first session was scheduled to be held on April 21, 24, 25, 29 and May 1 and 4, 2022.

    It will now be held from June 20-29.

    Similarly, the second session which was scheduled to be held from May 24 to 29 will now be conducted between July 21 and July 30.

    “The NTA has decided to reschedule the dates of Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)-Main’s first and second sessions based on numerous representations received from the candidates,” the agency said.

    This is the second time that the schedule of the first session of the crucial exam has been changed.

    Last month, the NTA had rescheduled it as its dates were clashing with Class 12 board exams.

    The Joint Entrance Examination-Main comprises two papers.

    Paper one is conducted for admission to undergraduate engineering programmes — BE and B.

    Tech — at NITs, IIITs and other centrally-funded technical institutions, and institutions and universities funded and recognised by participating state governments.

    It is also an eligibility test for JEE (Advanced), which is conducted for admission to IITs.

  • JEE-Main fourth edition postponed, now to be held from August 26-September 2: Education minister

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: The fourth edition of engineering entrance exam JEE (Main) has been postponed to August 26-September 2 to give aspirants a four-week gap between two sessions of the crucial exam, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday.

    The fourth edition of Joint Entrance Examination-Main was earlier scheduled to be held from July 27 to August 2.

    A total of 7.32 lakh candidates have already registered for the fourth edition of the entrance exam.

    “In view of the persistent demand from the student community and to enable the candidates to maximise their performance, the National Testing Agency has been advised to provide a gap of four weeks between session three and four of the JEE (Main) 2021 exam.

    “Accordingly, the JEE (Main), 2021, session four will now be held on August 26, 27 and 31, and on September 1 and 2. A total of 7.32 lakh candidates have already registered for JEE (Main), 2021, session four,” Pradhan tweeted.

    The minister said registration for the JEE-Main session four is still in progress.

    The date of registration will be extended up to July 20, he said.

    “In order to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the number of cities have been increased from 232 to 334. The number of examination centres in every shift will also be increased from 660 to 828,” said Sadhana Parashar, Senior Director of NTA.

    The Ministry of Education had last week announced that the pending editions (third and fourth) of JEE-Main will be conducted from July 20-25 and July 27 to August 2.

    Candidates have been opposing the move saying there is only two days gap between the two editions.

    JEE-Mains is being conducted four times a year from the coronavirus-hit current academic session to offer flexibility to students and a chance to improve their scores.

    The first phase was held in February and the second in March.

    The next phases were scheduled for April and May.

    But those were postponed in view of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that raged through the country affecting lakhs.

    The JEE-Advanced exam, which is conducted for admission to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) was also postponed.

    The exam was scheduled on July 3.

  • JEE-Main 2021: Exams to be held in two editions from July 20-25 and July 27-August 2

    Express News Service
    NEW DELHI: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank on Tuesday announced the fresh schedule of the two sessions of the Joint Entrance Examination- Mains (JEE-Main) that could not be held in April and May due to Covid-19. 

    As per the new schedule, while the April session of the JEE-Main will be held between July 20-25, the May session will be conducted between July 27-August 2.

    The minister also said that the registration window has been reopened for candidates who could not apply for the exams earlier. The students, who wish to apply for the April session, will be able to apply from July 6 midnight to July 8 while the May session registrations will be open from July 9-12.

    Additionally, candidates will also be able to change their exam centres. 

    As per the information shared by the National Testing Agency (NTA), which will organise the examinations, a total of 6.80 lakh candidates had already been registered for the April session, and for the May session, 6.09 lakh candidates had registered. 

    The registration number is executed to go higher as the application windows have been reopened for both April and May sessions, said the agency officials. 

    Two editions of this entrance examination, which works as the first screening test for entrance to the Indian Institutes of Technology as well, had already been held earlier this year when the pandemic situation was better.