The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2022 is expected to commence from March instead of February due to the upcoming assembly polls in five states, Times of India reported.
The Centre had decided that the JEE examinations will be conducted four times from this year onwards. The examinations were previously scheduled to be held in February, March, April, and May. However, as the 2022 assembly elections are due in five states including Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Punjab, the JEE examinations are likely to start from March instead of February.
“Considering the pending elections, the schedule could be tweaked this year. The first exam is likely to be scheduled in March followed by April, May, and June,” talking about the entrance examination, a senior official of the ministry of education (MoE) told TOI.
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The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) and Common Entrance Test (CET) will be conducted as scheduled by National Testing Agency (NTA) in May and June, respectively. The national level entrance exams for engineering and medical are both conducted by NTA. JEE examinations are for students aspiring to take engineering studies and NEET examinations are for medical aspirants students who want to pursue MBBS/Dental degrees.
The Common Entrance Test (CET) will be conducted for the first time and the examination will be important as the government has made it mandate for all central universities to conduct the common entrance for admissions. The original plan for entrance exams to get admission into central universities was supposed to be held in 2021 but the plans were put on hold amid pandemic concerns.
