The IIT entrance exam - JEE Advanced 2021 - has been postponed amid rising coronavirus COVID-19 cases in India. The revised dates for JEE Advanced 2021 will be announced soon.
It is to be noted that The JEE Advanced 2021 was scheduled to be held on June 3 but it has been postponed because the JEE Main exams have not been held. Few weeks ago, Union Education Ministry had announced that four sessions of JEE Main will be conducted in 2021 but only two have been conducted so far.
Notably, there is still is no final announcement for the JEE Main exam dates but it is expected that it would be held in either June or August.
“Considering the prevailing pandemic situation due to COVID-19, JEE (Advanced) 2021 which was scheduled to be held on July 03, 2021 (Saturday) stands postponed. The revised date of examination will be announced at an appropriate time," the official notice read.
Besides the IITs, JEE Advanced score is also used Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Rae Bareli, Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy, Visakhapatnam among others.
