HRD Ministry likely to announce revised exam dates for CBSE, JEE Main, NEET on June 22

In view of the increasing coronavirus cases in the country, a lot of parents and guardians of the students have written to the Union Human Resource Development Ministry that along with holding of the remaining examinations of CBSE in the month of July, JEE Mains and NEET Exams should also be postponed. 

The Union Human Resources Development Ministry is all set to announce its revised decisions by early next week.

The ministry had announced last month that the remaining CBSE class X and XII examinations will be held between July 1 and 15, Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main will be held between July 18-23 and the National Entrance cum Eligibility Test (NEET) will be conducted on July 26.

“Many states are not in favour of conducting board examinations at all and have suggested that marking in the remaining papers be done on the basis of averaging of other papers and internal assessment done in schools earlier as calling students on examination centres amid rising Covid-19 cases can be very risky,” an official said.

“In such a scenario, the ministry too feels that the board examinations be cancelled and a final decision is likely to be announced by Monday,” he added.