Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2021 dates will be announced today by Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ in a webinar scheduled for 6 pm today, January 7, 2021.Replying to social media posts where the minister informed about the event, 2019 board exam passouts and Engineering aspirants are asking for a third attempt of the IIT admission test. Students have also asked the minister to remove the 75% marks criteria from JEE Advanced 2021. Medical aspirants who will take the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2021 are asking for dates to be announced.

Board exam students have asked for a schedule. Mr Pokhriyal had earlier announced CBSE board exam 2021 dates but the detailed schedule is yet to be released.

“Sir please remove criteria of 75% for all students..We are droppers and our boards were cancelled because of COVID..Remove it for all NITs, IITs and GFTIs..” one student wrote.

“Sir due to COVID infection I couldn't give my best in the JEE main and I missed also to JEE Advanced exam...Please increase consecutive attempts for 2019's aspirants for the JEE Advance exam,” said a student.

A CBSE student said: “Sir please remove #75percent_cricteria for admission in NITs and IITs as CBSE cancelled exam in 2020 due to COVID-19 and riots in Delhi for which we are given average marks in 3 subjects.”

What About NEET 2021?

Replying to the tweet where Mr Pokhriyal informed about the event, one student asked: “What about NEET sir?”

“Sir, please postpone #neet2021 to month end of July, because I'm from Tamilnadu and here we have not started educational institutions, so I'm unable to study for neet, please sir postpone #neet2021 to July end ,” another student wrote.

A student asked Mr Pokhriyal to make an announcement regarding the NEET exam.

source: NDTV