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May 5, 20202 min read

IIT-JEE Mains, NEET 2020 exams to be held in July; check out revised dates

Updated: May 5, 2020

JEE-Mains, JEE-Advanced, NEET exam dates announced



  • The Union HRD Ministry had postponed JEE and NEET exams due to the spread of the contagious disease coronavirus and the resultant lockdown

  • JEE-Advanced exam was earlier scheduled to be held on May 17

NEW DELHI : Ending uncertainty for engineering and medical college aspirants, the government today announced dates for holding of Joint Entrance Exams (JEE) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). While interacting with students in a webinar, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said the JEE-Mains exams will be held from July 18-23 while JEE-Advanced exams will be held in August. He also announced that the medical entrance exam NEET will be conducted on July 26.

IIT-JEE (Main) examination, 2020, will be held on 18, 20, 21, 22, and 23 July. The minister said IIT-JEE Advanced exam will be held in August but the exact dates will be announced later on. JEE-Advanced exam was earlier scheduled to be held on May 17 while JEE-Mains were earlier scheduled from April 5-11 but all exams were postponed due to nationwide lockdown announced to contain the COVID-19 spread. The government is yet to take any decision on dates for the pending CBSE Class 10, 12 board exams, Pokhriyal said. CBSE exam dates would also be announced soon, he said.





COVID-19 lockdown: JEE-Mains , NEET 2020 to be held in July; check out revised dates


COVID-19 lockdown: JEE will be held from July 18-23, NEET will be conducted on July 26, Union HRD Minister announced on Tuesday.




New Delhi: Engineering entrance examination JEE will be held from July 18-23, while medical entrance exam NEET will be conducted on July 26, Union HRD Minister announced on Tuesday.


The two crucial exams were postponed due to the lockdown imposed to combat the COVID-19 spread. “JEE-Mains will be held from July 18-23, while JEE-Advanced will be held in August. NEET will be conducted on July 26,” Nishank said in an online interaction with students.


“A decision will soon be taken on the pending CBSE class 10, 12 board exams,” he added.

While the Joint Entrance Exam-Mains (JEE-Mains) is conducted for admission to engineering colleges across the country, the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is for admission to medical colleges.


More than 15 lakh students across the country have registered for NEET this year, whereas over nine lakh have registered for JEE Mains, the entrance exam for all engineering colleges except the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).


The JEE-Mains is considered as a qualifying exam for the JEE-Advanced.







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