Amid Covid, lakhs take JEE-Main exam today

September 01, 2020 09:19

Lakhs of students are appearing for the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) for admission to top engineering colleges in the country with unprecedented preparations.

Around 8.58 lakh candidates have registered for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main.

These exams were earlier deferred twice in the wake of the pandemic.

The National Testing Agency, which is in charge of conducting competitive entrance tests across the country, said entrance to the exam centre (and reporting times) will be staggered and that students will have to clear thermal scans.

There will be "isolation rooms" for candidates whose body temperature is above a prescribed limit.

The NTA has also sought a self-declaration that says candidates do not have any symptoms or suffer from Covid or have not been in touch with a Covid-positive person.

As per the SOP in place, the number of aspirants per room has been brought down to 12 from 24 for the computer-based test and the computers used in the first shift of the day will not be used in the second shift.

These exams were earlier deferred twice in the wake of the pandemic.

While the engineering entrance exam JEE-Main has been planned from September 1-6, the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is scheduled to be held on September 13.

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