JEE, NEET 2021: For the Education Minister’s webinar on December 10, students across the country have started asking about JEE Main 2021 and NEET 2021 date and syllabus. While some students have asked for a postponement of the Engineering and Medical entrance exams, others have urged Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ not to postpone the entrance exams. Usually, the National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts the first phase of the JEE Main exam in January.
A PTI report last month quoted an official saying that the first shift of JEE Main 2021 is likely to be held in February instead of January.
About JEE Main 2021 and NEET 2021 syllabus, a student asked: “Please tell the students about the jee and neet 2021 syllabus as we are facing problems in completing the syllabus in the given time please disclose the official syllabus on http://nta.nic.in as soon as possible.”
The Education Minister previously directed the NTA to draw up a fresh syllabus for competitive and entrance exams it will conduct in 2021. Another student has asked for a postponement of board exams.
Many students have asked the Education Minister for a third attempt of the IIT admission test — JEE Advanced.
“Please give third chance to droppers to appear in Jee Advance 2021. The pandemic caused a lot of stress and disturbance in studies,” another student said.
The decision to hear students’ feedback was taken in a review meeting chaired by Mr. Pokhriyal. In the meeting, it was decided that the Education Ministry will hear from students, parents, and teachers about how to conduct board and other exams in 2021.
“With all that has happened this year, we humbly beg you to postpone both Boards and JEE/NEET to at least May of 2021, so that we could prepare ourselves to give our very best,” another student wrote, using #EducationMinisterGoesLive.
“Because of online education, it has become difficult for students to understand lessons. They require more time for preparing themselves. It is my humble request to postpone CBSE exams & also reduce syllabus for JEE,” a student asked Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal.
A student said that JEE Main and NEET are “crucial exams” and syllabi should not be reduced. “You may postpone the exams but I urge you not to reduce the syllabus of competitive exams,” he said.
Mean-while, India on Sunday registered 36,011 new Covid-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, according to the fresh figures released by the Union health ministry today. With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country rose to 96.44 lakh. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country stood at 96,44,222.
A total of 482 people died due to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed. With this, the coronavirus death toll in India climbed to 1,40,182. 91,00,792 people have recuperated from the deadly virus so far with 41,970 new discharges in the last 24 hours. According to the data released by the union health ministry, there are a total of 4,03,248 active coronavirus cases in the country. Today is the 28th day when India reported less than 50,000 cases in a day. The last time daily new cases crossed the 50,000-threshold was on 7 November. The country’s Covid-19 tally on Saturday crossed the 95-lakh mark with 36,652 new infections. Also, with 512 new deaths, the cumulative toll mounted to 1,39,700 yesterday.
