Odisha CM requests PM Modi to postpone NEET, JEE exams
Bhubaneswar: On Thursday, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik dialed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to request him to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2020 [NEET] and Joint Entrance Examination Main [JEE] examinations in the view of COVID-19 pandemic and flood in the state.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is scheduled to conduct the JEE (Main) on September 1-6 and NEET on September 13.
Odisha Chief Minister had urged Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal to postpone NEET 2020 and JEE Main 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday.
The transportation in Odisha has been disrupted because of the lockdown enforced by many district administrations in an attempt to contain the spread of COVID-19, which is also informed by him to the Union Education Minister.
