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CBSE 10th, 12th Board Exams : Pending Board Exams To Be Held Only For Main Subjects
The Education Ministry has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to resume the board exam only for the main subjects. For the remaining subjects the Board will not hold exams, said an official statement.

The Education Ministry has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to resume the board exam only for the main subjects. For the remaining subjects the Board will not hold exams, said an official statement. The main subjects would include only which are required for promotion and maybe crucial for admission in higher education institutions, said the ministry.

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IIT Delhi JEE Advanced 2020 : Postponed Due to COVID-19 Outbreak
IIT Delhi, the organizing institute for Joint Entrance Examination or JEE Advanced 2020, has postponed the entrance examination that was scheduled to be held on May 17, 2020.

IIT Delhi, the organizing institute for Joint Entrance Examination or JEE Advanced 2020, has postponed the entrance examination that was scheduled to be held on May 17, 2020. JEE Main 2020 April examination has also been postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak.

"JEE Advanced 2020, which was scheduled to be held on May 17, 2020 (Sunday), thus stands postponed and will be rescheduled after JEE (Main) 2020," a statement from IIT Delhi.

Through JEE Advanced, the 23 IITs all over the country offer admissions to the undergraduate courses leading to a Bachelor's, Integrated Master's or Bachelor's-Master's Dual Degree in Engineering, Science, or Architecture.

According to the schedule released by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, the registration for JEE Advanced 2020 was set to begin on May 1 and to be concluded on May 6, 2020.

The admit cards for JEE Advanced was expected to be released on May 12.

This year, the top 2,50,000 candidates successful in JEE Main exam will be eligible for appearing in JEE Advanced exam. The total number of candidates appearing for the exam may be higher than 2,50,000 due to any tied ranks/scores in any category.

With this announcement, JEE Advanced has joined the long list of competitive examinations which have been postponed due to the COVID-19 spread across the country. Earlier, various agencies have postponed entrance examinations like NEET, JEE Main, KEAM, KCET etc

JEE Main 2020 Update : JEE Main Postponed Till Last Week Of May. Admit Cards After April 15
The JEE Main is proposed to be held in the last week of May, 2020, said an official statement today. As per the proposed JEE Main schedule, the admit cards will be issued after April 15.

The JEE Main is proposed to be held in the last week of May, 2020, said an official statement today. Exact date will be announced after assessing the situation in the coming weeks, it added. This statement on JEE Main date comes a day after the National Testing Agency (NTA) postponed the all the upcoming exams of 2020. The JEE Main was postponed on March 18, roughly 20 days before the exam due to COVID-19 outbreak. Initially the exam was scheduled to be held from April 5 to April 11.

As per the proposed JEE Main schedule, the admit cards will be issued after April 15.

"We are hopeful that we would get back to normal relatively soon; but for now, we are closely monitoring the scenario to evaluate if the situation may necessitate any change in the schedule," said Vineet Joshi, Director General, NTA.

"NTA would keep students updated about the latest developments and would inform them about changes and exact dates of examination much in advance," he added.

NTA has also postponed medical entrance exam, NEET, which was scheduled to be held in May.

On March 30, the NTA extended application submission dates for National Council for Hotel Management (NCHM) JEE, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Admission Test-2020 for Ph.D. and Open Mat (MBA), ICAR Entrance Exam, Jawaharlal Nehru University Entrance Examination, UGC-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET)-June, CSIR-National Eligibility Test (CSIR-NET)-June and All India AYUSH Post Graduate Entrance Test (AIAPGET).

"The detailed schedule mentioning revised dates of downloading of Admit Cards and of Examination will be displayed separately on respective examination website(s) and www.nta.ac.in, after assessment of the situation after 15.04.2020 only," the examination agency said in the notice.

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