NEET, JEE 2020: NTA Issues Fresh Guidelines For Students, Greta Thunberg Backs Demand To Defer Exams
  • 3 years ago
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued a slew of guidelines for students appearing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) & the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). NEET will take place on September 13 while JEE will be held from September 1 to 6. These guidelines have been issued in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. All students will have to clear a thermal scan before entering the exam centre. students must wear face masks and hand gloves during the exams. Students will have to remove the mask worn by him or her from home, and "use the mask provided at centre only”. Students have been asked to carry a personal bottle of water and hand sanitizer to the exam centre. Apart from these items, only the admit card will be allowed inside the examination centre. Meanwhile, Climate activist and global icon Greta Thunberg puts her weight behind the nationwide "postpone JEE NEET" movement saying conducting exams during coronavirus pandemic and extreme floods was "deeply unfair" on students. Watch the video to know more.
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