Students Protest From Home Demanding Postponement Of NEET, JEE Exams During COVID Pandemic
The National Testing Agency's (NTA) decision to go ahead with the NEET and JEE exams has stirred an unheaval among the students across the country. The students are planning a protest from their homes tomorrow, demanding postponement or cancellation of exams given the alarming rise in coronavirus cases.
The National Testing Agency's (NTA) decision to go ahead with the NEET and JEE exams has stirred an unheaval among the students across the country.
The students are planning a protest from their homes tomorrow, demanding postponement or cancellation of exams given the alarming rise in coronavirus cases.
According to reports, from 8 am, students across the country eligible for exams are set to ¡°raise Black Flags from homes, tie black bands on arm or forehead, wear black mask, turn their profile pictures BLACK!¡± to protest the decision.
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Some students have already changed their social media profile pictures to black. A massive unrest is already visible on various social media platforms.
Several states and minsters have urged Centre to rethink exam dates.
Mamata Banerjee urges all CMs to together move Supreme Court for postponing NEET, JEE exams as students are not prepared
¡ª Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 26, 2020
I have NEET exams on 13th Sept.After doing so much of protest Govt. didn't listen to us. So if anyone from my family or me gets COVID and something bad happens to us then this will be a clear cut murder.Murderers will be @DrRPNishank @narendramodi #PostponeJEE_NEETinCOVID
¡ª Paromita Sen (@Paromit75765941) August 26, 2020
Despite the protests of a large number of students, the NEET admit card has been made available today. It is clear from this that they do not take our life very seriously. Please postpone NEET & JEE exam.#PostponeJEE_NEETSept #PostponeNEETJEE #SWAMYJI_HELPJEENEET #postpone
¡ª Shruti (@Shrutigade18) August 26, 2020
NTA released NEET admit card when the protest is at its peak and we are getting support from big personalities, that too 17 days prior to the exam, when usually admit card is released 15 days before exam. Why is NTA so insecure?#PostponeJEE_NEETinCOVID#PostponeNEETJEE_Today
¡ª Aishwarya Anand (@Aish2101) August 26, 2020
National Testing Agency (NTA) confirmed that the exams will take place on the dates announced earlier. JEE Mains exam 2020 will be held from September 1 to 6, while the NEET (UG) exam 2020 will be held on September 13.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia reiterated his demand that medical and engineering entrance exams NEET and JEE be postponed and the Central government work on alternative methods for selecting students. "They (Centre) are saying protocols will be followed. Following the same protocols that the Centre wants 28 lakh students to follow, lakhs of Indians have tested positive," Sisodia told reporters.
Actor Sonu Sood in a tweet urged the government to postpone the exams.
Meanwhile, amid the protests, the NEET 2020 admit cards have been released.
