Change in dates of the third session of JEE Main third session and multiple extensions in JEE Main fourth session’s application process has left many people thinking of a possible postponement of the last session of the engineering entrance exam.
The application process for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2021 was open only for three days, however, it was extended to July 15. Now the Union Education Minister has announced that the applications will be received till July 20. Students who have not yet applied can do so at nta.ac.in or jeemain.nta.nic.in.
“With a view to remove hardships caused to candidates and to ensure larger participation of candidates, it has been decided to extend the last date further for: submission of online application form by new candidates and withdrawal/ correction by the existing/ interested candidates for the exam,” the NTA had said in an official notice.
Meanwhile, while releasing the admit card of JEE Main third session, NTA had shifted its dates. The third session which was scheduled to be held from July 20 to July 25 was stretched till July 27. As per the announcement made by the former union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, the fourth session was to begin on July 27.
These instances are hinting that the fourth session could be postponed. This would be a relief to students who had been demanding a delay in the exam. Usually, there is a gap of about 20 days between two sessions, however, now with the recent announcements by Pokhriyal, the gap was only two days between two sessions. Many students had complained that this would not leave them with time enough to better their performance.
Angadh Verma, a class 12 students and JEE Main aspirant from Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Ghaziabad talking to news18.com said, “I have appeared for February attempt and had got 98.8 percentile score. I wanted to appear for both April and May attempts to improve my score but now with negligible wait period it seems should appear for only April attempt.”
Verma is also preparing for JEE Advanced and added, “With JEE Advanced 2020 students also getting to appear for 2021 attempt the cmpetiton for IIT entrance will increase thus I would eant to give more focus there becuase in 2-day gap it is unlikely that we could work on mistakes and improve rank,”