NTA NEET 2020 has been postponed amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (Union Minister for Human Resource Development) has tweeted this update and advised students to stay at home. He has tweeted the following information from his twitter account.
In view of the hardships faced by the parents and the students due to COVID-19 epidemic, the National Testing Agency has postponed the ensuing NEET (UG) May 2020 examination scheduled to be held on the 3rd May 2020.
Admit cards that were due to be issued on Friday will be issued after assessing the situation after April 15. Also, the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) will also be rescheduled as the lockdown will continue until April 15. In a notice issued by NTA, it was said that NEET 2020 is proposed to be held in the last week of May 2020. The Exact date will be announced later after assessing the situation. As stated by NTA director Vineet Joshi “In view of the hardships faced by parents and students due to the Covid-19 epidemic, NTA has postponed the ensuing NEET (UG) May 2020 exam. NTA advised the students to keep visiting the official website for regular updates and stated that candidates are also being informed individually through their registered mobile number or email ID.
After the announcement of the 21-day lockdown across the country on March 24, the JEE (Main) exam scheduled in the first and second week of April too stands postponed. The officials stated “The new dates of the exam are likely to be announced only after the lockdown period is over and subsequent review of the Covid-19 outbreak. NTA will probably wait till school education boards like CBSE announce their new dates for the few exams that could not be conducted due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Earlier, school boards and NTA were supposed to work on the new dates after March 31. But now they will have to wait for a little more till the lockdown comes to an end.
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