Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Monday that the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2021 for admission to IITs will be conducted on October 3 this year.
The exam, according to the Union Education Minister, would be administered in accordance with all Covid-related procedures.
‘JEE (Advanced) 2021 examination for admission in #IITs will be held on the 3rd October 2021. The examination will be conducted adhering to all Covid-protocols,’ Minister tweeted.
JEE (Advanced) 2021 examination for admission in #IITs will be held on the 3rd October, 2021. The examination will be conducted adhering to all Covid-protocols.@DG_NTA @PIBHRD @EduMinOfIndia @IITKgp @PMOIndia
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) July 26, 2021
Candidates from Maharashtra who were unable to take the JEE Main Session 3 owing to severe rainfall on the 25th and 27th of July will be offered another opportunity to take the exam.
The Union Education Minister wrote: ‘In light of the heavy rains and landslides in Maharashtra, to assist the Maharashtra student community, I have advised the National Testing Agency to grant another opportunity to all candidates who may not be able to reach the test centre for JEE (Main)-2021 Session 3.’
‘Students from Kolhapur, Palghar, Ratnagiri, Raigadh, Sindhudurg, Sangli and Satara, who are unable to reach their test centres on 25 and 27 July 2021 for JEE (Main)-2021 Session 3 need not panic. They will be given another opportunity,and the dates will be announced soon by the NTA,’ he added.
Students from Kolhapur, Palghar, Ratnagiri, Raigadh, Sindhudurg, Sangli, & Satara, who are unable to reach their test centres on 25 & 27 July 2021 for JEE (Main)-2021 Session 3 need not panic. They will be given another opportunity,and the dates will be announced soon by the NTA.
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) July 24, 2021
The third JEE main session will be held on July 20, 22, 25 and 27. The JEE Main Session 3 examinations were successfully administered by NTA on July 20 and 22.
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The NTA is holding the JEE (Main)-2021 in four sessions in order to serve the student community. Two of these sessions were completed in February (Session 1: 23–26 February 2021) and March (Session 2: 23–26 March 2021). (Session 2: from 16 to 18 March). The April and May sessions were rescheduled.
In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Centre has also postponed the UGC NET December 2020 cycle test, which was planned for May this year.
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