Students file petitions over JEE Main 2020 and NEET Postponement

The Government cancelled CBSE and ICSE exams, but students want answers on JEE Main 2020 and NEET 2020 postponement too. The HRD Ministry has issued no statement, in favour or otherwise and the exams are inching closer. JEE Mains will happen between July 18 and 23, while NEET will happen on July 26.

Frustrated students have filed petitions on Change.org. Several petitions are doing round both for and against the exams.

Here are some:

1. This student is demanding that exams get cancelled and they should get admissions in engineering and medical colleges via board marks.

Education Minister of India: Cancel NEET/JEE 2020 and use boards/internals for entrance - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/tMRIZcOYRr via @ChangeOrg_India

WE NEED TO HURRY. PLEASE RETWEET AND SHARE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. @DrRPNishank @DG_NTA @narendramodi @PMOIndia #cancelneet2020

— Navya (@Navya87233484) June 23, 2020

2. Frustrated with no intimation from the HRD Ministry, this student is also demanding that exams should not happen in July.

#WakeupHRDpostponeNEETjee No JEE and NEET In July - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/GI5yLCat8U via @ChangeOrg_India

— Abhay Jamwal (@AbhayJamwal16) June 30, 2020

3. In a different petition, but similar sentiment, this student has also urged fellow students to sign this petition to postpone JEE Main and NEET UG

Education minister: Postpone JEE & NEET to the end of 2020 - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/oMcjKEqms4 via @ChangeOrg_India

— Prabal (@PrabalBaijal) June 27, 2020

4. But this student started a different petition! He wants the JEE Main and NEET exams to happen.

Ramesh Pokhriyal: Petition to conduct JEE and NEET in July only. - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/gZITRmvOa9 via @ChangeOrg_India#dontpostponeneet#PostponeNEETandJEE#postponejeeneet

Please share so that it reaches HRD Minister @DrRPNishank

— Sahil Tiwari (@SahilTi63214918) June 28, 2020

Conducting JEE Main and NEET exams in the pandemic?

The student community is divided on the exam conduction, bust most of them want the exams to be cancelled. Conducting an exam during testing times like this pandemic is not safe. Moreover, people come from various places. The transportation facilities are also not running.

But again, there are very few students who want the exams to happen. In that case, what should the ministry do? They can’t make students who have been working hard for more than 2 years just give up an entire year? But then there are no facilities for students to travel, or write exams in a situation like this.

So, we still await the decision of the HRD ministry.