New Delhi : The Education Ministry on Thursday put an end to the suspense over conducting the NEET UG exam 2020 and the JEE Main exam 2020 by reiterating that the exams will be held in Septmeber.
Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that there the conduct of NEET and JEE exams in September will help students save one academic year.
“NTA DG told me that 7.5 lakhs out of 8.58 lakhs candidates in JEE have downloaded admit cards. For NEET, over 10 lakhs out of 15.97 lakhs candidates downloaded admit cards in 24 hrs. It shows that students want that exams are held at any cost, Pokhriyal told ANI.
He further said that JEE exam centres have been increased to 660 from 570 while there are now 3,842 NEET centres, up from 2,546 for the convenience of students and students have also been allotted exam centres of their choice.