JEE, NEET 2020 exams to take place as scheduled in Sept, confirms NTA amid postponement requests

New Delhi: Amid massive requests from state governments, activists and political leaders, the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday issued a fresh notification and confirmed that the Joint Entrance Exam or JEE (Main) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test or NEET (UG) will be conducted as per the schedule and the entrance examinations will not be postponed.

“The JEE (Main) and NEET (UG) exams will be held on the dates announced earlier, which are 1st to 6th September and 13th September respectively,” the National Testing Agency (NTA) said in the new circular. Notably, these exams have been postponed a number of times due to the coronavirus pandemic.

On Tuesday evening, the NTA said that the admit cards for NEET (UG) 2020 will be released soon. It had earlier released the admit cards for JEE examination.