JEE (M) April-May rounds may be held in July-August

JEE (M) April-May rounds may be held in July-August

Manash.Gohain@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:25.05.2021

In the event of CBSE conducting Class XII board exams in 19 “major subjects” from August 1-20, which is being considered as one of the options amid the pandemic, the National Testing Agency (NTA) is likely to conduct the deferred April and May rounds of JEE (Main) in end of July and August. The agency is also looking at holding NEET-UG for admission to medical courses in pen-paper mode in September, for which registration may start from July 1, NTA sources said.

Sources said the decision to roll out the Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) will depend on the fate of the Class XII board exams.

Various states are likely to submit their suggestions on conduct of Class XII board and other entrance exams on Tuesday to the ministry of education, and CBSE is likely to review the situation on June 1.

A government source said, “Everything rests on when the Class XII board exams are conducted and in what format. NTA is working on a number of combinations depending on different situations that may arise.”

In case CBSE goes for the second option to hold board exams in two phases, the deferred April round of JEE (Main) is either likely to be held in the second week of July (as the first phase of CBSE exam is likely to commence from July 15 or in the first week of August. “In that case, the May-round of the engineering entrance test may even be pushed to first or second week of September,” the source said.

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