Bhubaneswar: Amidst reports regarding clash of some dates of JEE (Main) May 2021 with CBSE Class 12 board examinations, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has released a notification.
In the notification, the NTA has come up with a solution keeping in view the concerns raised by the candidates.
National Testing Agency (NTA) is conducting the Joint Entrance Examination JEE (Main) -2021 for admission to various Undergraduate Programs in NITs, IIITs, and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs), Institutions funded by participating State Governments, and other Institutions as well as an eligibility test for JEE (Advanced), which is conducted for admission to IIT.
As per the notification, JEE (Main) - 2021 is being conducted in multiple Sessions (February/March/April/May) for admissions in the next academic session.
The JEE (Main) Session-1 (Februay-2021), Session-2 (March-2021), and Session-3 (April-2021) will be conducted from 23rd to 26th February 2021, 15th to 18th March 2021, and 27th to 30th April 2021, respectively.
The JEE (Main) Session-4 will be conducted in May on 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th May 2021.
“It has been brought to the notice of NTA by the candidates appearing in JEE (Main) that the 12th Class Examinations, 2021 conducted by CBSE and various State Boards are going to be held during this period,” said NTA in its notification.
The notification further said, “Keeping in view the interest of the candidates and to avoid any clash between the two examinations, the NTA will open the Application form of JEE(Main) -2021 from 3rd May to 12th May 2021 (for the May session) asking the candidates to inform the NTA about their Class 12 Roll number and name of Board.”
The candidates appearing for the Class 12 Board examination as well as JEE (Main) will be required to provide information under “Whether appearing for Board Examination on any of the dates 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th May 2021” and select the ‘Date of their Class 12 Board Examination’ in their online Application Form so that there is no clash of their schedule of JEE (Main) with Class 12 Board Examination, it added.
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