GATE 2022 postponement: SC to hear pleas today

More than 23,000 candidates appearing for the GATE 2022 in February joined a petition demanding the exam be postponed in view of the rising COVID-19 cases across the country. 

GATE 2022 postponement: The Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath of the Supreme Court will hear petitions seeking postponement of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) exam today (February 3, 2022).  

Though GATE 2022 is scheduled to be held on February 5, 6, 12 and 13, a majority of the students still want the exam to be postponed in view of the rising COVID-19 cases. Earlier during the day, a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana agreed to list the matters urgently, after it was mentioned by Advocate Pallav Mongia, on behalf of the petitioners.  

Over 23K aspirants signed online petition for postponement of exam

More than 23,000 GATE aspirants had joined a petition demanding the exam be postponed in view of the rising COVID-19 cases across the country.The petition stated that the new variant of COVID-19, Omicron, has spread severely across many states of India. Likely to be the third wave of the pandemic, several studies, including the one done by IIT Kanpur, suggested that the peak of the wave is expected in early February and will last till April 2022. The suggested time of the peak is coinciding with the GATE 2022.  

Referring to the same, the petition suggested further that if the GATE 2022 exam dates are not postponed, the candidates appearing in the exam will be exposed to the imminent risk of getting infected. Further, it may spread to their family members and may become a threat to their life. 

What is GATE?

GATE is a computer-based test (CBT) conducted every year for admission to postgraduate engineering (ME/MTech) and research programmes. The entrance exam is jointly conducted by either the Indian Institute for Science, Bangalore (IISC Bangalore), IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, or IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee on a rotational basis. Students who seek to get admission in postgraduate programmes and jobs in PSUs can also take GATE.

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