New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will increase the number of examination centres for every shift of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Main scheduled to held from July 20-25 and July 27 to August 2.
The number of centres will shoot up to 828 from the existing 660 for every shift. “The number of examination centres in every shift will be increased from 660 to 828,” NTA said.
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal announced on Tuesday that the NTA will conduct the third and fourth sessions of the JEE-Main 2021 from July 20. The April and May sessions were deferred due to the COVID-19 crisis.
The first two sessions of the JEE-Main 2021 were completed in February and March.
Pokhriyal said the students’ safety, security, and bright future is the government’s priority. “There were some concerns among the students regarding #JEE(Main)-2021 Examination during Covid. PM Narendra Modiji has always said that the safety, security, and bright future of our students should be the highest priorities of the Education Ministry,” the education minister said via a tweet.
The NTA said that a total of 6.80 lakh candidates registered for the April session while 6.09 lakh students enrolled for the May session.
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