Lily Wilkinson

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Application window for JEE Mains exam re-opened; Students enquired about NEET

On May 19, Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ announced that application window for JEE Mains exam will re-open. Soon after the announcement, many students requested the minister to also open the application window for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, or NEET 2020. The JEE Mains exam will be held from July 18 to July 23. According to NTA, the decision to re-open the application window for JEE Mains exam has been taken keeping in view the hardships faced by the students because of the nation-wide lockdown. According to the students, a similar opportunity to fill the application form for NEET exam should also be provided to the NEET aspirants. NEET exam is scheduled on July 26. However, there is no official news about re-opening the NEET 2020 application window. Give a chance to apply for NEET 2020?— Chitti Viz (@ChittiViz) May 19, 2020 Sir what about NEET?— Ram Narayan (@RamNara18327065) May 19, 2020 Same opportunity should be given to Medical aspirants.— Syed Zubair (@SyedZub49407079) May 19, 2020 Give a chance to apply for NEET 2020?— Chitti Viz (@ChittiViz) May 19, 2020

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CBSE announced date-sheet for the remaining board exams

On Monday, CBSE announced the date-sheet for class 10th and 12th board exams. With the announcement, the uncertainty looming over the exams of class 10th and 12th students of northeaster Delhi ended. Class 12th exams will be conducted across the nation and class 10th exams will be conducted only for the students of Northeaster Delhi. "The Class 10 exams will be staggered on four dates, starting July 1. The first paper will be of Social Sciences, while the next day students will be required to appear in Science exam. "On July 10, exams will be conducted for both courses of Hindi, and on July 15 for both courses of English," CBSE Controller of Examination Sanyam Bhardwaj said. For Class 12, in North East Delhi, Physics exam will be held on July 3, Accountancy (July 4), Chemistry (July 6), English (July 8) and Political Science (July 14). On July 15, four Class 12 exams have been scheduled in North East Delhi -- Mathematics, Economics, History and Biology. Exams in northeaster Delhi could not be conducted due breakout of the violence. In fresh schedule, earlier the board had announced that class 12 exams will be held from March 31 and class 10 exams will be held from March 21 to March 30. However, the exams were postponed due to breakout of coronavirus and nation-wide lockdown.

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Kerala to conduct SSLC and class 12 exams in May

The remaining exams of class 10th and 12th will be conducted by the Government of Kerala in the last week of May. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that students who will be appearing for the exams will be provided with the transportation facility. Earlier, the reports were that the remaining SSLC or Secondary School Leaving Certificate conducted by the Kerala Public Examination Board and Plus One (Class 11) and Plus Two examinations conducted by the Directorate of Higher Secondary Education or DHSE will be held in June. On May 6, Mr. Vijayan had announced that the exams of SSLC, Plus One and Plus Two will be held from May 21 to May 29. However, for class 8 and 9 there will be no exams. Schools in Kerala are set to open from June 1 however, if the schools are delayed any further then special education programs will be conducted from the students through victor channels. "Mobile and web facilities will be available for these classes. For those students who don't have these options, special facilities will be made," he added.

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Guidelines for Open Book Exams issued by DU

Delhi University has released guidelines for the preparation of the question papers for the open-book exams. As per the guidelines, these exams will not be conducted in an online mode and will require minimum internet connection for the downloading and uploading purposes. A document from DU said: “This is a one-time measure to facilitate the final semester or final year students for the academic session 2019-20.” The nationwide lockdown since March 25 was imposed to prevent the outbreak of the coronavirus but as a result, the academic calendar of all the educational institutions has been disrupted. On May 14, DU had announced that it will hold the semester-end exams from July 1. It also kept the option of open-book exam as an alternative in case the situation does not improve. In a notification, DU also said that evaluation will be done in online mode and will be decided as per departments’ discretion.

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Punjab government to broadcast curriculum on Doordarshan

On Monday, the Punjab government said that it has decided to broadcast the curriculum of the state-run schools on DD Punjabi channel. The decision has been taken so that students will not miss-out on studies during the lockdown period. For class 9 students, the timing of telecast will be 9 am to 11.15 am, starting from May 19. For class 10 students, the timing of telecast will be from 11.15 am to 1.45 pm. For the students of primary classes (3,4 and 5) the timing of telecast will be from 1.45 pm to 2.45 pm. For the students of class 7 and 8, an education program is already being aired on DTH platform since April 20. The Director Education has also written a letter in this regard to all the District Education Officers and school heads.

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Sunday, May 17, 2020

UPSEE 2020 exam application deadline extended until May 31

The last date to fill UPSEE 2020 application form has been extended by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, or AKTU, Lucknow. Now, the last date to apply for the exam is May 31. Candidates who are interested in applying for the exam, can visit the official website and apply for the exam. With the extension in the application date, the last date to make corrections in UPSEE application form has been extended until June 3. The state-level entrance exam is conducted by AKTU. Through the exam, candidates are admitted to various engineering institutions and other professional colleges affiliated to the university. Earlier, the exam was scheduled to be held on May 3, 2020 but the date has been extended due to coronavirus pandemic. The exam-conducting university will decide the dates of the issue of admit cards and exam dates for UPSEE 2020 after the lockdown is lifted and the situation is normalised.

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Online counseling for GATE 2020 exam begins

The online counseling for GATE 2020 exam has begun online. The counselling for the GATE qualified candidates is being held through CCMT platform. It is a common platform to apply for M.Tech./ M.Arch./ M.Plan./M.Des. programs based on the GATE score. Through the platform, students can apply to all NITs, IIEST Shibpur, and some IIITs and Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs). For the convenience of the students, a new feature for online document verification has also been added. After the seat allotment process is over, candidates will be required to upload their documents on the portal for verification purpose. The online counseling is being organized by Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur. The online registration process began on May 13 and the same will conclude on June 12. Registered candidates can lock their choices from June 5 till June 12. The result for the first round of allotment will be released on June 17, 2020. Online document verification process will be held from June 18 to June 24. Candidates applying for CCMT counseling must have a valid GATE score for the year 2018, 2019, 2020.

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