Ending all speculations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 1 (Tuesday) announced the decision to cancel the CBSE Class 12 Board Exam 2021 due to COVID-19 outbreak.
The prevailing coronavirus situation in the country is also going to affect the schedule of JEE-Mains and NEET 2021 entrance exams. It is to be noted that JEE Main 2021 was earlier scheduled for April while medical entrance exam NEET 2021 was to be hled in May. It is now expected that both engineering entrance exam JEE Main 2021 and medical entrance exam NEET 2021 would be conducted in August.
"A review meeting is likely to be conducted soon to decide on the schedule of the pending editions of JEE-Mains and whether NEET-UG can be conducted on August 1," News agency PTI quoted a source as saying.
It is learnt that the JEE Main 2021 Examination dates will be released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for both sessions at least 15 days before the exam. JEE Main Exam dates for the April and May sessions will be rescheduled later and will be announced on the official website. Students who have applied for the same should check the official websites jeemain.nta.nic.in and nta.ac.in for JEE Main 2021 dates frequently.
Meanwhile, the NTA has activated the NEET 2021 official website and it is expected that the application form for NEET 2021 would be released soon. Interested students can check the details at official website - neet.nta.nic.in.
Here's the list of documents needed:
1. Scanned image of the passport size photograph of the candidate
2. Scanned image of the signature of the candidate
3. Scanned image of the left-hand thumb impression of the candidate
4. Scanned image of the Class 10 certificate of the candidate
5. Scanned image of postcard size photograph of the candidate
NEET 2021: Application Process
NEET-UG 2021 application will be accepted in online mode only at www.ntaneet.nic.in. The NEET 2021 application form in any other mode will not be accepted.