India’s Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says the fourth edition of engineering entrance exam JEE-main has been postponed to August 26-September 2 to give aspirants a four-week gap between two sessions of the crucial exam.
The fourth edition of Joint Entrance Examination-Main was earlier scheduled to be held from July 27 to August 2.
A total of 732,000 candidates have already registered for the fourth edition of the entrance exam.
The minister said registration for the JEE-Main session four is still in progress and would be extended up to July 20 with the number of cities increased from 232 to 334.
Senior Director of National Testing Agency, Sadhana Parashar said the number of examination centers in every shift will also be increased from 660 to 828.
The Ministry of Education had last week announced that the pending editions (third and fourth) of JEE-Main will be conducted from July 20-25 and July 27 to August 2 with candidates opposing the move saying there is only two days gap between the two editions.
JEE-Mains is being conducted four times this year from the coronavirus-hit current academic session to offer flexibility to students and a chance to improve their scores. The first phase was held in February and the second in March.
The JEE-Advanced exam, which is conducted for admission to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) was also postponed. The exam was scheduled to hold on July 3.
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