JEE Main 2021 exam to be held 4 times - Feb, Mar, Apr, May? Check latest update from Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

It is a big development in terms of JEE Main 2021 exam! In a live interaction with students, teachers and parents, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has said that government is examining suggestions about conducting the Joint Entrance Examination-Main four times from next year to ensure that the candidates do not miss out on opportunities due to clash of examinations or the COVID-19 situation.

"The suggestion of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Main 2021 to be held four times in a year will be examined positively, beginning in the end of February, thereafter in March, April and May-2021, for three to four days during each time," Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said.

However, the Union Education Minister ruled out any reduction in syllabus for engineering entrance exam JEE-Main.

"The syllabus for JEE (Main 2021) will remain same as the previous year and a proposal is under examination where students will be given choice to answer 75 questions (25 questions each in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) out of 90 questions (30 questions each in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics)," the minister added. He mentioned that for JEE (Main) 2020, there were 75 questions which had to be answered by the candidates (25 questions each in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics).

Competitive exams like JEE and NEET were postponed twice this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

There have been demands for postponement of board exams to May in view of the continued closure of schools and teaching-learning activities being completely online.