The National Income and Eligibility Test (NEET) will take place today. States have announced special measures for conducting NEET exams amid the Covid pandemic, including reducing restrictions and transportation. More than 15 lakh candidates are expected to appear on the NEET medical entrance exam. The crucial National Entrance and Eligibility Test (NEET), which is a pencil and paper-based test unlike the JEE engineering entrance exam, has already been postponed twice in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
1) In order to maintain social distancing, the NTA has increased the number of exam centers from the 2,546 originally planned to 3,843, while the number of candidates per room has been reduced from the first 24 to 12. One entry and Staggered exit of candidates has been planned.
2) A total of 15.97 lakh candidates have registered for the exam.
3) Candidates have also been issued an advisory on the “pros and cons” of proper social distancing.
4) Make hand sanitizers available at the entrance of the exam center and inside the exam room at all times, replacing the process of verifying candidates’ admission cards with barcode readers, increasing the number of test centers, alternate seating plans, fewer candidates per room, and staggered entry and exit are among the steps the NTA has taken.
5) The governments of Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have assured students that they will provide them with transportation, a group of pupils and students from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has launched a portal to provide transportation facilities to exam centers to candidates who need it. .
6) States have announced measures to help test sitters. West Bengal has canceled the Covid shutdown scheduled for the day and will operate special Metro services in Kolkata for NEET candidates on September 13 to help them get to their exam centers.
7) Punjab has lifted its weekend curfew to facilitate the free movement of students taking the NEET exam.
8) Two NEET candidates from Tamil Nadu died by suicide on Saturday, state police said.
9) The exam was originally scheduled for May 3, but was postponed to July 26 and then to September 13.
10) The Supreme Court had previously dismissed a petition for an examination postponement amid a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases, saying a “precious year” of students cannot be wasted and that life has to go on.
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