NTA likely to announce JEE main NEET-UG CUCET entrance exam schedule next week
New Delhi Feb 28 PTI The National Testing Agency is likely to announce the schedule for entrance exams including JEE main NEET-UG and CUCET next week according to officialsThe Medical Advisory Council of the National Medical Commission had a meeting with National Testing Agency NTA last week The schedule for the three entrance exams is likely to be announced sometime next week a senior official familiar with the development saidNTA will be conducting multiple entrances starting April 2022 which include two JEE main for admissions to engineering and architecture programmes NEET-UG for medical and allied courses and a common entrance test for admission to central universitiesLast year the NEET-UG exam was held on September 12 with over 95 per cent of the registered candidates appearing for the medical entrance examOver 1544 lakh candidates had appeared for the exam which was conducted at 3858 centres in 13 languages in 2021 Over 870 lakh candidates had qualified the examLast year Joint Entrance Exam JEE-Main was conducted four times a year 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 COVID-19 pandemic The remaining two phases were conducted in August and September lastHowever this year the JEE-Main exam is likely to be conducted twice with the merit list to be decided based on best of the two scores PTI GJS SRY
New Delhi Feb 28 PTI The National Testing Agency is likely to announce the schedule for entrance exams including JEE main NEET-UG and CUCET next week according to officialsThe Medical Advisory Council of the National Medical Commission had a meeting with National Testing Agency NTA last week The schedule for the three entrance exams is likely to be announced sometime next week a senior official familiar with the development saidNTA will be conducting multiple entrances starting April 2022 which include two JEE main for admissions to engineering and architecture programmes NEET-UG for medical and allied courses and a common entrance test for admission to central universitiesLast year the NEET-UG exam was held on September 12 with over 95 per cent of the registered candidates appearing for the medical entrance examOver 1544 lakh candidates had appeared for the exam which was conducted at 3858 centres in 13 languages in 2021 Over 870 lakh candidates had qualified the examLast year Joint Entrance Exam JEE-Main was conducted four times a year 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 COVID-19 pandemic The remaining two phases were conducted in August and September lastHowever this year the JEE-Main exam is likely to be conducted twice with the merit list to be decided based on best of the two scores PTI GJS SRY
