JEE Main, NEET 2020 likely to be postponed; final decision by Friday

With CBSE delaying its decision on pending CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 exam, the final call on JEE Main 2020 and NEET 2020 has also been pushed further. Read the article to know more

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be submitting its decision on the pending CBSE Board Exams 2020 to Supreme Court on Thursday i.e. June 25, 2020. CBSE was earlier asked by the SC to scrap the pending CBSE 10th Board Exam 2020 and CBSE 12th Board exams 2020 amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis in the country.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is eagerly waiting for the Supreme Court's hearing on the Pending CBSE Board Exams 2020 as the decision will affect both JEE Main 2020 and NEET 2020.

Latest Update: CBSE board exams not cancelled yet; final decision on June 25

As per the sources, the Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has conducted several meetings to discuss the manner and dates of the CBSE Board Exams 2020, NEET 2020 and JEE Main 2020. A final decision on the conduction of the major engineering, medical exams i.e NEET UG 2020 and JEE Main 2020 is expected to be announced by Friday. 

Meanwhile, students who are preparing for JEE Main 2020 and NEET UG 2020 have demanded the cancellation of the pending examinations. However, the HRD Ministry has yet not issued an official notification regarding the cancellation of JEE Main 2020 and NEET 2020. 

The JEE Main 2020 exam is scheduled to be held on July 18-23 in online computer-based mode. The JEE Main 2020 admit card is likely to be released by NTA 15 days prior to the entrance test. The National Testing Agency (NTA) had reopened the JEE Main application form for all the candidates from May 19 to 24, 2020.

As per the NEET 2020 exam dates, the NEET UG 2020 will be conducted on July 26.

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