HRD ministry likely to announce revised exam schedule for CBSE, JEE and NEET on Monday

Amid growing clamour that the remaining CBSE board examinations be cancelled and dates for the crucial competitive tests for engineering and medical colleges across the country be extended, the Union Human Resources Development Ministry is set to announce its revised decisions by early next week.

The ministry had announced last month that the remaining CBSE class X and XII examinations will be held between July 1 and 15, Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main will be held between July 18-23 and the National Entrance cum Eligibility Test (NEET)



will be conducted on July 26.

“Many states are not in favour of conducting board examinations at all and have suggested that marking in the remaining papers be done on the basis of averaging of other papers and internal assessment done in schools earlier as calling students on examination centres amid rising Covid-19 cases can be very risky,” an official said.

“In such a scenario, the ministry too feels that the board examinations be cancelled and a final decision is likely to be announced by Monday,” he added.