Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has announced that two of India’s most popular competitive exams, Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) (Main) and National Eligibility
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and Entrance Test (NEET), will now be held twice a year and over multiple days.
- Both exams will be conducted by newly formed National Testing Agency (NTA).
- It will also conduct National Eligibility Test (NET).
More Details:
- All these exams were earlier conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
- Henceforth, JEE (Main) for undergraduate admission into various engineering colleges will be held twice a year in January and April.
- NEET for admission into medical and dental courses will be held in February and May.
- NET to determine eligibility for post of assistant professor and award of junior research fellowship will be held in December.
- NTA will conduct these exams and they will be held over many days and students will have option to choose date.
- Moreover, if a student appears for JEE (Main) and NEET both times in a year, best of his/ her two scores will be taken into account.
- All tests will be computer-based and practice modules will be made available on NTA website.
- For conducing these exams, NTA will create network of test centres and students will be able to use them free of charge.
- These exams will be conducted more securely, at par with international norms and there will be no issues of leakage and it will be more student-friendly, open and scientific.
Benefits:
- By holding these competitive professional career exams twice a year, students will not lose one year because there will be two examinations before admission.
- This will give students more choice and reduce stress due to single exam conducted on one single day in year.
- This will give more chances to students, thereby giving adequate opportunity to bring out his/her best.
About NTA:
- The Union Cabinet approved in November 2017 setting up of the NTA as an autonomous body to conduct examinations for entrance to higher educational institutions.
- Apart from above three exams, NTA will also conduct Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) and Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT).
- JEE (Advanced) exam conducted for IITs entrance will be not conducted by NTA.