Students Start Online Campaign, Demand Shift In Entrance Exams

The Joint Entrance Examination Main, or JEE Main 2020, is scheduled to be held from September 1 to September 6, 2020, and the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate, or NEET 2020, is scheduled on September 13.

New Delhi: 

On the same day when the Supreme Court of India heard pleas against the UGC guidelines, students across India started the #PostponeJEE_NEETSept social media campaign demanding postponement of the engineering and medical entrance exams. The Joint Entrance Examination Main, or JEE Main 2020, is scheduled to be held from September 1 to September 6, 2020, and the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate, or NEET 2020, is scheduled on September 13.

Though the student demands regarding postponement of NEET 2020 and JEE Main 2020 are rising high, no change in the schedule of the two entrance exams has been announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA), the conducting body of the two entrance exams; or the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) which is set to be renamed as the Ministry of Education (MoE).

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the centre to clarify its stand on final year exam and adjourned the matter till August 10. Soon after the top court’s decision, engineering and medical aspirants started “postpone JEE 2020” and “postpone NEET 2020” demands on social media.

“Exams in any form are a threat during this Covid-19 outbreak. We reject (the) discriminatory mode of education in toto” Sandeep Saurav, National General Secretary of the All India Students' Association (AISA), said on social media.

Exams in any form are a threat during this Covid-19 outbreak. We reject discriminatory mode of education in toto.#PostponeJEE_NEETinCovid #postponeJEE_NEETSept

— Sandeep Saurav (@Sandeep_Saurav_) July 31, 2020

The HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” in many instances said that the priority of the government is the health and safety of students.

“With India crossing 16 lakh benchmark in corona cases, the government wants to conduct exams instead of trying to put a full stop to the pandemic. Stop putting a question mark about students safety and start working in the best interest of students,” Anulekha Boosa, National Secretary of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), said. 

With India crossing the 16 lakh benchmark in number of corona cases, govt wants to conduct exams instead of trying to put a full stop to the pandemic.

Stop putting a question mark about students safety and start working in the best interest of students.#PostponeJEE_NEETSept

— Anulekha Boosa (@anulekhaboosa) July 31, 2020

“We're the 3rd most affected country, the whole world is seeing the way our cases are rising and breaking so many records. But those sitting at the throne of govt are ignorant to all this. Amidst all this we have to conduct exams, don’t we?” one student inquired.

 

We're the 3rd most affected country, the whole world is seeing the way our cases are rising and breaking so many records. But those sitting at the throne of govt are ignorant to all this. Amidst all this we have to conduct exams, dont we? #PostponeJEE_NEETSept

— Akankshya K. (@kar_akankshya) July 31, 2020

“Please don’t make this caricature as reality of Indian students,” another student shared a caricature that shows what threat conducting exams during COVID-19 brings in. 

#PostponeJEE_NEETSept
Please @HRDMinistry And @DrRPNishank . Please dont make this caricature as reality of indian students. Even you are a parent think about the risk of other parents too.please reconsider conducting neet in september.
I know humanity is still left inside you. pic.twitter.com/Wh6lV5sqjX

— Prathamesh lautre (@Prathameshlaut2) July 31, 2020

Meanwhile, Karnataka Common Entrance Test, or KCET 2020, was conducted yesterday. 60 COVID-19 positive students were among the 1.47 lakh who appeared for the exam.

((Courtesy: NDTV News))

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