Hey NEET, JEE students! Your exams to be conducted twice a year

NewsBharati    09-Jul-2018
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New Delhi, July 9: In a new welcoming move the educational system has given the students a moment to rejoice as the National Testing Agency will conduct NEET, JEE, UGC NET and CMAT exams from now on, exams will be PC-based. Students will now get two chances to appear in the entirely computer-based entrance tests for admission in the graduation courses in the higher educational institutions from the next academic session.


 

The new system will start kicking from September this year, with the online submission of application forms from September 1 to 30 for both JEE(Main) and UGC-NET, with online submissions for the second JEE(Main) in February 2019.

The NEET (UG) will be also held twice in February and again in May; the online submission of an application for the first from October 1 to 31 this year and in the second week of March for the second. All JEE (Main) and NEET tests will be in eight different sittings, allowing the students to choose anyone.

Releasing the tentative calendar of these tests to let the students start preparations right away, Human Resources Development Minister Prakash Javadekar announced this model shift in the entrance tests here on Saturday to remove the tension the students develop, giving them two opportunities for admissions in the graduate courses.

Yet another innovative measure announced by Javadekar is the establishment of a network of test practice centers by the NTA to practice before the tests. Schools and engineering colleges with computer centers would be kept open on Saturday and Sunday, starting from the third week of August, to let any student use the facility free of charge.

He said this will build confidence in them to take the actual tests which all be done on the computers only. He also dispelled the fear that the NTA tests may be only in English, asserting that all tests will be held in existing number of languages.

TENTATIVE DATES: The first JEE(Main) test will be held in January 2019 between January 6 and 20, giving the students the choice of appearing in any of six different sittings. The results will be declared in the first week of February.

Those who could not make it in this first test or did not fare well can appear in the second test in April by submitting the online applications entertained from the second week of February. The tests will be from April 7 to 21 in eight different sittings, allowing one to chose anyone. The results will be out in the first week of May.

The first NEET (UG) will be between February 3 and 17 and the results out in the first week of March. Online submission of applications for the second test in May will be in the second week of March, while the tests will be from May 12 to 26 and result out in the first week of June. The NTA will be also conducting UGC-NET and CMAT & GPAT in December and January respectively those there will be only one examination unlike JEE(Main) and NEET(UG). The UGC-NET examination will be conducted between December 2 and 16, but only on Saturdays and Sundays in two shifts per day while the results will be out in the last week of January.

CMAT & GPAT applications will be entertained online from October 22 to December 15 for the examination to be held on January 27 and the results declared in the first week of February.