In the wake of Coronavirus outbreak, the Human Resources Development ministry has decided to postpone the Engineering and Medical entrance examinations, conducted by National Testing Agency.

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced the postponement of JEE & NEET through a video tweet from his twitter handle. The JEE MAIN examination will be held between September 1, 2020 to September 6, 2020. JEE advanced exam will be held on September 27, 2020 and National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) examination will be held on September 13, 2020.

Earlier, a panel was formed  to check the possibility of conducting these examinations. The panel was supposed to submit its recommendations to HRD ministry by today evening. This panel was constituted after continuous outrage by parents and students on social media, seeking clarity over conduct of examinations. After extension of lockdown in a few states and cancelation of trains upto mid-August, conducting exams on pre-announced dates was a tough task.
The steep rise in number of coronavirus cases across the nation was continuously worrying the aspirants and they were requesting the ministry to postpone it. Hashtags like #PostponeNEETandJEE and #HealthOverExams made the headlines with more than half a million tweets asking for postponement and this compelled the ministry to reschedule the examinations.

The Union HRD minister wished luck to the aspirants and advised them to study up to their full potential.