JEE Main April 2020 revised dates to be announced on
March 31: Amit Khare
ANI | Mar 19, 2020, 10.03 AM IST
NEW DELHI: CBSE, NIOS, and University examinations are
rescheduled and postponed till M arch 31 in view of coronavirus outbreak, Amit
Khare, Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development has said, adding that
the new date for JEE Main exam will be announced on the same day after
assessing the situation.
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on
Wednesday directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and all
educational institutions in the country to postpone all exams including JEE
Main till March 31 in view of coronavirus outbreak.
Speaking to on Wednesday, Khare said that the academic
calendar and safety and security of the children, both are equally important.
"We have decided that all examinations - CBSE, NIOS,
and University exams are rescheduled and postponed till March 31. Similarly,
the evaluation work is also postponed this March 31 because there are certain
competitive exams like JEE Main where students have to travel to different
centres... New date for JEE Main exam will be announced on 31st March, after
assessing the situation," Khare said.
"At the same time, the Ministry will take all steps
and we have requested all the universities, schools to contact the children,
keep them well informed of the developments so that not only they are safe,
there is no anxiety amongst the students and their parents and the teachers. We
have also requested all of them to make maximum use of online courses so that
the learning is not lost," he added.
The Ministry has requested all teachers and educational
institutes to maintain regular communication with students and resolve their
queries. It has also appealed to parents, students, and teachers not to panic.
A total of 151 positive cases of coronavirus have been
reported in India so far, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said
on Wednesday. Three people have so far died of the infection in the country.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the
coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. The virus had first emerged in China's Wuhan
city in December last year.
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