The authorities are analyzing ideas about conducting the JEE-Main or Joint Entrance Examination-Main 4 occasions from subsequent 12 months to make sure that the candidates don’t miss out on alternatives as a result of a conflict of examinations or the COVID-19 state of affairs, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal mentioned on Thursday.
In a stay interplay with college students, lecturers, and oldsters, Pokhriyal dominated out any discount in the syllabus for engineering entrance examination JEE-Main or medical entrance examination NEET.
“The suggestion of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Main 2021 to be held four times in a year will be examined positively, beginning at the end of February, thereafter in March, April and May-2021, for three to four days during each time.
“The syllabus for JEE (Main 2021) will remain the same as the previous year and a proposal is under examination where students will be given choice to answer 75 questions (25 questions each in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics) out of 90 questions (30 questions each in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics),” the minister mentioned.
He talked about that for JEE (Main) 2020, there have been 75 questions that needed to be answered by the candidates (25 questions every in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics).
Answering a query regarding the syllabus and dates of NEET, Pokhriyal asserted that the schedule for NEET (UG) 2021 is being finalized in session with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the National Medical Commission (NMC).
“The same would be declared in near future. The syllabus will remain the same as the previous year. In terms of mode of conduct of examination, online and offline, the health ministry and NMC are being consulted in this regard,” he mentioned.
Regarding the category 10 and 12 board exams, the minister mentioned the consultations with stakeholders are in progress for deciding the dates of board examinations and it is going to be introduced quickly primarily based on the suggestions from the stakeholders.
“The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is yet to take a decision on the dates of conducting board examinations including practical. In case students are not able to do practical in classes before the examinations, alternatives to practical examinations will be explored,” he mentioned.
While clarifying the doubts among the many college students and lecturers concerning the deleted portion of sophistication 12, the minister mentioned CBSE has already uploaded the revised syllabus on its web site.
“Details of deleted portion have been given in a summary form,” he mentioned.
The CBSE had final week introduced that board exams in 2021 will likely be in written mode solely and never on-line.
“No final decision has been taken regarding the dates for the conduct of board exams, and consultations with stakeholders are still in process. The exams, as and when they are conducted, will be in the written mode and not in an online mode. The exams will be conducted following all COVID protocols. In case students are not able to do practicals in classes before the exams, alternatives to practical exams will have to be explored,” a senior board official had mentioned.
Schools throughout the nation had been closed in March to include the unfold of COVID-19 and partially reopened in some states from October 15. However, just a few states determined to maintain them closed in view of a spike within the infections.
The board exams that had been being performed in March needed to be postponed mid-way. The exams had been later canceled, and the outcomes had been introduced on the idea of another evaluation scheme.
Competitive exams like JEE and NEET had been additionally postponed twice these 12 months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
There have been calls for postponement of board exams to May in view of the continued closure of faculties and teaching-learning actions being fully on-line.
