Cancel jee mains and neet exams says manish sisodia

[poornima lagadapati]

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia
on Saturday appealed to the central government to cancel medical and

engineering entrance exams JEE and NEET in view of the Covid-19 situation.

He also said that an alternative admission methodology should be used this year and the exams should not be conducted.
On Friday, Education Ministry officials had said the Joint Entrance Examination
(Main) and the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) will be conducted in September as scheduled.


"The government is playing with lives of lakhs of students in name of JEE and NEET. I appeal Centre govt to immediately cancel both exams and adopt an alternative admission process," Sisodia tweeted.
There have been demands from several students and parents to further postpone the entrance exams in view of increasing

coronavirus cases
.


The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking postponement of JEE (Main) April 2020 and

NEET-Undergraduate
examinations, which are scheduled to be conducted in September, amid spurt in number of Covid-19 cases, saying precious year of students "cannot be wasted" and life has to go on.


The JEE (Main) is scheduled to be held between September 1 and 6 while the JEE (Advanced) on September 27. The NEET will be held on September 13.


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[Himanshi Agarwal]

Manish Sisodia is an Indian politician and Deputy Chief Minister of Government of NCT of Delhi. He has been the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. He is also an elected MLA from Patparganj constituency.

 

[Himanshi Agarwal]

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday appealed to the central government to cancel medical and engineering entrance exams JEE and NEET in view of the Covid-19 situation. He also said that an alternative admission methodology should be used this year and the exams should not be conducted.