JEE Mains and NEET 2020: Students and parents raise concerns as COVID-19 cases rise in Delhi

There are several reasons why NTA should postpone JEE Mains and NEET 2020. For one, the cases in major areas where there are centres, like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, etc are on the rise. Next, students have to travel interstate to give exams. But due to the lockdown, trains and flights are not on. Then, students who have to travel within the city, too, don't have any cab, bus, metro facility.

In that case, parents and students both are very stressed and the HRD Minister is not responding to the situation. Today, let's have a look at Delhi. There are 30k plus active cases in Delhi. The capital of India is at high-risk of community transmission. How does the government plan to take exams in such a situation? The answer is simple, they can't.

This parents and students are continuously asking the HRD Ministry yo postpone exams. There is even a group- Delhi Parents Association. They have filed a writ petition to reach out to the HC/SC.

Please come forward, join us to file PIL #PostponeNEETandJEE#postponeneet#postponeneet2020#NEET2020

Please fill the below formhttps://t.co/xy1ODP55CR

— Delhi Parents Association / दिल्ली अभिभावक संघ (@DelhiparentsDPA) July 1, 2020

They have also written a letter to SC.  The letter states, that on an average more than 15,000 cases are reported daily in India and a total number of infected cases crossed over 4.90 lakh on June 26. It further added, "The most important question to be asked is who will take responsibility if, God forbid, anything happens to any student."

What are the major concerns of the students on conducting JEE Mains and NEET?

1. Interstate travel

Sir please postpone jee/neet my centre is in delhi I'm in mumbai flights are cancelled my area is under lockdown till 31 July. How can I give exam sir.#PostponeJEEAndNEET #NoExamsInCovid

— Satya (@Satya90942886) July 1, 2020

2. Rising cases

#WakeupHRDpostponeNEETjee@DrRPNishank @HRDMinistry
Sir plz postponed jee neet. As cases of corona is daily increasing in delhi.

— Naveen Yadav (@NaveenY50156877) June 30, 2020

3. The HRD Ministry cancelled other exams, then why not these entrance exams

east delhi has the same situation getting even worsen#postponejee#postponeneet2020@DrRPNishank@RajatSharmaLive@RJAlishaAnand@rjraunac@rjstutee@the_hindu
if UPSC is postponed why not JEE and NEET ??
why so much of delay in announcements and official meetings ? https://t.co/8iYH148Sio

— mehaksharma (@mehakveenushar2) June 30, 2020

Read more: Students file petitions over exam Postponement

If neet and jee can be.. conducted in this drastic situation so why cbse and icse boards are cancelled...think about the people who live in mumbai and Delhi...where corona is spreading like air..#PostponeneetJee #HealthOverNEETjee @DrRPNishank

— Diva_vaishali_choudhary (@choudhary_diva) June 27, 2020

4. Life at risk

@narendramodi@DG_NTA@DrRPNishank
Delhi is in dangerous situation, kolkata ,jharkhand, assam are still having having lockdown and its not worth to conduct jee/neet sir ...pls postpone it further and we are tension too of risking our lives and now its not at all normal situation https://t.co/nHBg0BayLc

— Akash Kumar (@AkashKu33787285) June 29, 2020

Final word

While sources in the HRD ministry have told us that there is no final call yet, there are chances that these might be postponed. Still, some students want exams.