NEET 2020/JEE Main Postponement: Students Protest by Burning their Admit Cards

As a sign of protest against those who claim that downloading the admit card of NEET/JEE Main is an indication of the willingness to appear for the examination, students burn their admit cards and post pictures.

As the exam day approaches, students take their protests to the next level. In an attempt to pressurise the authorities to postpone the two major national entrance tests of India, students burn their admit cards and upload the pictures online.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) in its notification dated August 25 clarified that both, JEE Main 2020 and NEET 2020, will be conducted on the scheduled dates in September. NTA emphasised that the decision was in accordance to the judgement of the Supreme Court and will look after the academic interests of the students.

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Adding to this, NTA has also released a statement where they claimed that NEET admit card 2020 was downloaded by more than four lakh students in under three hours. NTA highlighted that most students have downloaded the admit card for NEET/JEE Main, suggesting that they are willing to take the examination.

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The student community has criticised the statements made about the correlation between NEET 2020 admit card download and the willingness of the students to appear for the examination. As a sign of protest, students have started burning their NEET admit card 2020. They have again appealed to the government to consider postponing NEET 2020 exam date.

Tweets from students burning their admit card:

Leaders and celebrities have also jumped in and have started supporting the plea to postpone NEET 2020/JEE Main. The strength and scale of the protest can be judged by the fact that today’s top trend on Twitter is #MODIJI_HELPNEETJEE.

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