NEET, JEE 2020: Furore over exams, nationwide protests; all you need to know
JEE, NEET exams 2020: Congress announced that it will conduct a nationwide protest opposing the JEE and NEET exams. Apart from coronavirus, floods in certains states have also led to the opposition of the exams
- Aug 27, 2020,
- Updated Aug 27, 2020 1:47 PM IST
Calls opposing National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) scheduled for September are growing louder by the day. Multiple leaders from Opposition parties have asked for the postponement of the JEE, NEET exams amid the pandemic. In fact, chief ministers of seven states have decided to approach the Supreme Court in order to challenge the Centre's order.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, Delhi Deputy CM and Education Minister Manish Sisodia, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have also opposed the exams. Tamil Nadu government has sought an exemption for its students while Jharkhand wants the exams to be postponed.
Not only politicians, environmentalist Greta Thunberg, actor Sonu Sood also joined the growing chorus against the exams.
Meanwhile, 150 academicians have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi supporting the Centre's decision to conduct the exams. They said that delaying the exams would jeopardise the future of the students. Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that the exams are being held because most parents and students wish so.
Admit cards for JEE, NEET exams 2020 were released on Wednesday. According to the minister, 6.84 lakh students downloaded NEET admit cards in the first five hours, and 7.41 students downloaded their JEE admit cards.
Calls opposing National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) scheduled for September are growing louder by the day. Multiple leaders from Opposition parties have asked for the postponement of the JEE, NEET exams amid the pandemic. In fact, chief ministers of seven states have decided to approach the Supreme Court in order to challenge the Centre's order.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, Delhi Deputy CM and Education Minister Manish Sisodia, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have also opposed the exams. Tamil Nadu government has sought an exemption for its students while Jharkhand wants the exams to be postponed.
Not only politicians, environmentalist Greta Thunberg, actor Sonu Sood also joined the growing chorus against the exams.
Meanwhile, 150 academicians have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi supporting the Centre's decision to conduct the exams. They said that delaying the exams would jeopardise the future of the students. Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that the exams are being held because most parents and students wish so.
Admit cards for JEE, NEET exams 2020 were released on Wednesday. According to the minister, 6.84 lakh students downloaded NEET admit cards in the first five hours, and 7.41 students downloaded their JEE admit cards.