Nagpur: National Testing Agency (NTA) has postponed the JEE Main April exam 2020 amid coronavirus pandemic. The exam was scheduled for April 5,7,9 and 11 however, the fresh schedule for JEE Main 2020 will be released on March 31. The JEE Main admit card 2020 that was slated to be released on March 20 has also been delayed to March 31.
Candidates will be able to download their admit card from March 31 onwards through the official website nta.jeemain.nic.in.
The postponement has been following the Indian government orders to cancel all exams including JEE, CBSE board exams in the wake to stop the spread of coronavirus across the country.
“The JEE-Main exam has been postponed. The new date will be decided in accordance with the board exams schedule and other competitive exams to ensure there is no clash,” a senior NTA official said.
Confirmed from official at National Testing Agency.
JEE MAIN has been postponed. New date to be announced on March 31. @TOI_Nagpur @timesofindia— Abhishek Choudhari TOI ?? (@abhishekcTOI) March 18, 2020
An order issued by Amit Khare, the HRD secretary reads.“Since JEE main may require travel by examinees…and the dates may clash with rescheduled CBSE and other board exams, therefore JEE main should be rescheduled and new dates of the JEE mains will be announced on 31.3.2020 after reassessment of the situation.”
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