Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal. File
HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said he has directed the NTA to postpone the NEET as well as the already delayed Joint Engineering Examination’s main paper until the last week of May.
The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), the examination for admission to undergraduate medical degree programmes, which was scheduled to be held on May 3, has been postponed.
It is now likely to be held in the last week of May, though no exact date has been decided as yet, the National Testing Agency (NTA) said on Friday.
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The decision has been taken in view of the hardships faced by parents and students due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, said the NTA, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Human Resource Development which conducts the examination.
HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said he has directed the NTA to postpone the NEE