A fixed calendar will be prepared to make exam dates more transparent, thereby preventing last-minute misunderstandings (Representational Image)
The calendar will allow the candidates to pace up their preparation date wise. The fixed calendar will reportedly include entrance exams like JEE), NEET-UG and CUET
The government is preparing to set a timeline for important entrance exams in the country to streamline these competitive exams. A fixed calendar will be prepared to make the exam dates more transparent, thereby preventing last minute misunderstandings. The calendar will allow the candidates to pace up their preparation date wise. The fixed calendar will reportedly include entrance exams like Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) and Common University Entrance Test (CUET).
An announcement is expected from the ministry regarding streamlining the exams education soon. Information on the exam schedule for admission to graduate and medical schools as well as engineering schools will also be released. According to a leading news daily, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has already appointed a committee to develop the exam calendar.
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The report of a fixed calendar for entrance exams comes at a time when the National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to announce the JEE (Main) exam by this week.
Reports said that a section of JEE (Main) and NEET-UG candidates are demanding that the two engineering entrance exams be held in April and May and the medical entrance exam in June. However, officials suggest that this will further delay the academic calendar, which has already seen disruptions due to COVID-19 in the last few years.
“If the first JEE (Main) is held in April, candidates, many of whom take all three exams, will appear in back-to-back exams without any gap. Also, the idea of conducting the exam twice is to give an opportunity to improve in the exam as well as to ensure that if a candidate is unable to appear in one due to various reasons, he/she gets some time to prepare. will get. Back to back exams will not serve the purpose,” the official was quoted as saying by the national daily.
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