NEET, JEE to be conducted online, twice a year, says Javadekar
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar
The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main and National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination (NEET) will be held by newly formed examination conducting agency, NTA, Javdekar told reporters.
The engineering and medical entrance exams JEE and NEET would now be cconductedonline and twice a year by the newly formed National Testing Agency (NTA), news agency PTI reported quoting HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Saturday.
The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main and National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination (NEET) will be held by newly formed examination conducting agency, NTA, Javdekar told reporters.
The NTA would conduct its first exam NET, that was till now conducted by the CBSE, in December, he added.
JEE (Mains) would be conducted twice a year, in January and April. NEET (UG) would be conducted in February and May, the minister said.
The NTA would also conduct National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) and Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test(GPAT), Javadekar said.
CMAT and GPAT would be conducted in January next year.
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The students can appear both the times in National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and JEE (Mains) and the best of the two scores would be taken in account for admission, the minister said. NEET is conducted for admissions to medical institutions across the country.
"This will give more chances to students thereby giving adequate opportunity to bring out his/her best and reduce stress which develops due to a single exam being conducted on one day in the year. However, sitting in both the tests will not be compulsory," he said.