Giving a breather to lakhs of CA students, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) Friday cancelled Chartered Accountancy examinations scheduled for July. The institute said the exams would now be merged with November exams.
Heeding to the demands of lakhs of students, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Friday postponed JEE Main, JEE Advanced and NEET examinations as the coronavirus cases in the country continued unabated. Announcing the decision on Twitter, the minister also declared new dates for the three examinations.
In a huge relief for lakhs of students, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Friday announced that JEE Main and NEET 2020 entrance exams will "possibly" be postponed due to coronavirus situation in the country.
Will JEE Main, NEET exams be postponed or not? This is the very question swarming over the minds of lakhs of aspirants of the key medical and engineering entrances which are held by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Read on to know when an announcement will be made by HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
JEE Main, NEET 2020: The HRD Ministry on Thursday said a committee has been formed to review the current situation with respect to the postponement of JEE Mains and NEET 2020 exams. Taking to Twitter, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said the committee will submit its recommendations to the HRD Ministry latest by tomorrow.
ICAI CA Exam 2020: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on June 15 announced opt-out facility for aspirants from the July session and appear for the November session. However, students staged a protest and a petition was filed in the Supreme Court challenging the ICAI's decision.
ICAI CA November Exam 2020: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has extended the ICAI CA November exams registration date for foundation course till August 31, 2020, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has decided to cancel Class 12 examinations for students with special needs. They will be exempted from giving the tests in view of the COVID-19 crisis. The students will now be assessed on the basis of their project work and Question Answer Based Assessment (QABA).
The Odisha government has cancelled Class 12 exams for pending subjects due to the spread of COVID-19 in the state. These exams are conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE).
NEET 2020 exams: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court for NEET candidates in Middle East countries. The plea by parents of the NEET students in these countries has sought directions to government to set up examination centres in Middle East countries or postpone examination in view of COVID-19.
The Gujarat government has postponed GTU Exams. The Gujarat Technological University was scheduled to conduct exams from Thursday. Students had long been demanding the postponement of GTU exams amid the increasing coronavirus cases in the state.
Thousands of aspirants took a sigh of relief on Tuesday after the Telangana government announced the postponement of all the Common Entrance Examinations (CETs) for admission to various professional courses in the state. The decision to postpone the TS EAMCET came in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, and after the CBSE Board and the ICSE Board announced the cancellation of Class 10 and Class 12 board exams. However, uncertainty over the postponement of JEE Main and NEET 2020 still continues.
The Union Public Service Commission has allowed candidates to submit their requests for change of exam center. Candidates preparing for the UPSC Prelims 2020 and Main exams should note that the Commission has decided to give an opportunity to submit your revised choice of Centre, in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. Besides above, the option to change the exam centers for the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2020 and the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, 2020 is also being made available to the candidates.
Most hullabaloo surrounds JEE Main and NEET Exams 2020, the two major entrances scheduled to be held in July. Citing concerns raised by the students, the India Wide Parents Association today wrote to the government and requested for the postponement of both JEE Main and NEET exams.
JEE Main, NEET 2020: JEE Main and NEET 2020 aspirants had already taken to social media and had raised concerns over the JEE Main and NEET exams amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal is still to give a final word on the postponement of exams.
ICAI CA exam 2020: Supreme Court on Monday asked ICAI to issue fresh guidelines incorporating the suggestions put forward by the bench today. The Supreme Court on Monday directed ICAI to extend the opt-cut option and changing the exam centers. The apex court will hear the matter on July 2.
ICAI CA exam 2020: Supreme Court today hearing an urgent petition seeking for a stay order on the body's 'opt-Out' scheme, for about 4.67 lakh CA aspirants for examination to be conducted between July 29 and August 16 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A plethora of tweets seeking clarification on the soon-approaching JEE Main and NEET Exams 2020 have taken over social media. Amid the rising coronavirus cases, students are worried as to what future holds for them. JEE, NEET and all university-based competitive exams are conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), which functions under the HRD Ministry. JEE Main, applicable for admission to NITs, IIITs and CFTIs, is scheduled to be held from July 18 to July 23 while the NEET-UG examination for admission to MBBS/BDS courses, is slated for July 26.
The wait for a decision on JEE Main and NEET 2020 examinations seems to be nerve-wracking for students. While a decision was recently made on CBSE Board examinations, there is no word on many exams including JEE Main and NEET 2020 exams.
Delhi University on Saturday postponed the online open book exams for final-year students, which were scheduled to begin from July 1, by 10 days "in view of the prevailing situation of COVID-19 pandemic".
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