JEE, NEET to be held in Sept to save 1 academic year, explains exam body
New Delhi/IBNS: The National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts key entrance examinations in India, has asked all states to cooperate in holding the engineering and medical tests amid the coronavirus pandemic, adding that postponing them would affect the academic calendar.
New Delhi: Amid growing demand from a section of the student community over cancellation of the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) examinations due to the COVID-19 pandemic scenario, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the Indian students should find an acceptable solution to the situation.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday requested several opposition leaders including Chief Ministers of the non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states to knock the doors of the Supreme Court and even start a movement, demanding the postponement of Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).
JEE, NEET exams must be postponed: Indian Youth Congress
New Delhi/UNI: Indian Youth Congress (IYC) president Srinivas B V on Wednesday demanded from the Central Government postponement of the JEE and NEET examinations.
Mamata Banerjee to hold virtual meeting with Sonia Gandhi and CMs to discuss JEE and NEET today
Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: After dashing off two letters on consecutive days of Monday and Tuesday to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting to postpone the JEE and NEET examinations due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will have a virtual meeting on Wednesday afternoon with Congress president Sonia Gandhi to discuss the issue.
'Worried and concerned': Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi after receiving NTA letter for JEE, NEET
Kolkata/IBNS: In a fresh letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed her concern over the conduction of the JEE and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) amid Covid-19 pandemic, after receiving a direction from the National Testing Agency (NTA).
Postpone JEE, NEET until situation improves: Aaditya Thackeray to PM Narendra Modi
Maharashtra Minister of Tourism and Environment Aaditya Thackeray on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to assess the risk and postpone the JEE and NEET until the situation becomes conducive to hold the exams.
Mamata Banerjee appeals to Centre to postpone NEET, JEE examinations amid Covid-19
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to the central government to postpone the JEE and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) amid Covid-19 pandemic, at a time thousands of students across the country are protesting against the Centre's decision to go ahead with the twin examinations.
#ResignNishankPokhriyal trends on Twitter after Centre goes ahead with NEET, JEE exams
New Delhi/IBNS: Twitterati, presumably students, on Saturday started trending a hashtag demanding the resignation of Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank on Twitter, after the central government decided to go ahead with the JEE and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) amid Covid-19 pandemic.
NEET row: Supreme Court stays Madras HC order for grace marks
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Madras High Court order awarding grace marks to the students who wrote National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2018, in Tamil, media reports said.
JEE Main and NEET exams to be conducted twice a year: Javadekar
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS): Human Resource Development Minister PrakashJavadekar on Saturday said competitive examinations like the JEE (Main) and NEET (UG) will be conducted twice before admissions in the next academic session.
Tamil Nadu student commits suicide after failing to clear NEET
Chennai, Jun 5 (IBNS): A Tamil Nadu labourer's daughter has killed herself after failing to clear the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), media reports said.
Anitha suicide : Tamil organisation on demonstration demanding scrapping of NEET
Chennai, Sep 2 (IBNS) : A day after the suicide of a teenaged Dalit girl, Anitha, who led a campaign against NEET, a Tamil nationalist group on Saturday staged a protest demanding scrapping of the entrance exam, media reports said.
Tamil Nadu teen who fought against NEET commits suicide
Chennai, Sept 1 (IBNS): Anitha, a seventeen years old student, who had filed a petition against the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET), on Friday decided to end her life.
Union Minister Nadda promises to look into NEET anomalies
New Delhi, Jul 24 (IBNS): Union Minister JP Nadda assured parliamentarians on Monday that the government will look into issue of anomalies in conducting the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) examination for entry into medical courses, according to media reports.