Education Ministry Says Decision On Pending NEET Exams Soon
- 6/21/2021 6:35:40 PM
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- Manikanth
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The Ministry of Education is expected to soon decide on
conducting the two remaining editions of the engineering entrance examination
JEE-Mains and the medical entrance test NEET in August, according to officials.
"The situation is being reviewed to decide on the schedule of the pending
editions of JEE-Mains and whether NEET-UG can be conducted on August 1," a
senior official said.
From the current academic session, JEE-Mains is being
conducted four times a year to offer flexibility to students and a chance to
improve their scores. The first phase in February was followed by the second
phase in March, while the next phases were scheduled for April and May.
But those were postponed after an exponential rise in the
number of COVID-19 cases during the second wave of the pandemic in the country.
The JEE-Advanced exam, which is conducted for admission to
the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology and the National Institutes of
Technology, was also postponed. The exam was scheduled on July 3.
While no further decision was taken on NEET-UG, the
registration for the exam, which was supposed to commence from May 1, was kept
in abeyance.
The ministry is also yet to decide on the fate of the
Central University Common Entrance Test (CUCET).
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday
announced the marks tabulation policy for the Class 12 exams, which were
cancelled on June 1 in view of the Covid situation.
The schedule for the subsequent entrance examinations is
expected to be decided soon.
According to the policy decided by a 13-member panel set up
by the board, the theory paper evaluation formula is that a 30-per cent
weightage will be given to the marks obtained in Class 10, another 30-per cent
weightage to the Class 11 marks and a 40-per cent weightage to the Class 12
marks obtained in the unit test, mid-term and pre-board exams.
The CBSE scheme further elaborated that for Class 10, the 30
per cent marks based on the average theory component of the best three
performing subjects out of the main five subjects will be taken. Read
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Source: First published on NDTV education website
