S. Vishnu Sharma
JEE Main and NEET 2021 has already become a focus point for all students and Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will clear doubts with regards to these exams on December 10.
Union Education Minister will be hoisting a live interaction programme where students can clear their doubts related to CBSE board exams also.
The meeting was supposed to be conducted on 3 December initially for clearing the doubts related to CBSE board exams and JEE Main and NEET 2021. But that was postponed to 10 December.
Union Minister announced the postponement on Twitter also.
JEE Main and NEET 2021
‘Dear all, 2020 has been a year of a great many changes like adjusting to online education, adapting to new normal. Happy to share that I am going live on December 10 to talk about upcoming competitive/board exams with you. Drop your concerns below using #EducationMinisterGoesLive.’
This year almost stood unique for the field of education. Things never moved as per their planned schedule.
CBSE board exams, competitive exams like NEET, JEE Mains were all postponed. All had to be conducted beyond their actually planned schedule.
All this only means one thing, this will have an impact on the next academic year.
The question is to what extent will the happenings in this year have an impact on academic activities of next year.
It is only natural for students and parents to develop some doubts about CBSE board exams of next year and also JEE Main and NEET 2021.
Among the doubts would be will CBSE board exams be held on time or will there be a delay in 2021?
Many others would like to ask whether JEE Main and NEET 2021 will be held as per schedule or not.
Earlier, Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank in another Twitter message said ‘Students, we know you have tons of questions related to upcoming competitive/board exams! In order to make sure that we cover most of your concerns, we have decided to extend the date of the webinar to Dec 10. Till then keep sharing your concerns using #EducationMinisterGoesLive!’
Union Minister invited students and parents to share their concerns regarding CBSE Board exams, syllabus or JEE Main and NEET 2021 using ‘#EducationMinisterGoesLive!’
Many students have already shared their queries in large numbers regarding JEE Main and NEET 2021. Even parents did not stay behind in posing questions.
The most of the concerns were about conducting exams online. A few parents even suggested to conduct exams offline.
Sharing concern, T. Raghavan, physics lecturer at a private college said the CBSE board exams could better be conducted online next year, keeping in mind the COVID-19 situation.
Agreeing with him is K. Jayalakshmi, an english teacher a CBSE school.
‘We donot know when the situation would be ideal enough to get back to the physical way of conducting the exams.’
She further requested even the same could be considered for JEE Main and NEET 2021. Couple of students also requested that the board exams of CBSE be conducted in May or beyond.
S. Jayarajan, a student of 12th standard said COVID-19 situation seems not be witnessing improvement, so postponing the exams will be the best thing to do.
His friend K. Prakash Murthy went a step further and requested the authorities to look into reducing the syllabus for CBSE board exams next year.
The uncertainty with regards to CBSE board exams next year is bound to have reflections on JEE Main and NEET 2021.
This has begun showing impact already with many medical and engineering education aspirants already questioning about JEE Main and NEET 2021.
The most frequently asked question is ‘when will NEET UG 2021 exam be conducted by NTA. Also many are asking as to when will JEE Mains be conducted in 2021.
These kind of queries regarding JEE Main and NEET 2021 are only natural when there is uncertainty regarding CBSE board exams.
A pass in 12th exam is the qualification for JEE Main and NEET 2021, which only means 12th exams have to be conducted on time.
However, at the present moment nothing can be said as of now with regards to CBSE board exams of next year or JEE Main and NEET 2021, say experts keenly following the education sector.
As of now nothing can be said as to when will classes begin or how will the syllabus be completed in time, said K. Jagannathan, veteran educationist.
A clear picture in this regard may emerge by February or March next year, he said.
If things do not remain smooth next year with regards to CBSE board exams or JEE Main and NEET 2021, the repurcussions of this will be seen in 2022, say couple of other veteran educationists.
It is not only regarding JEE Main and NEET 2021, students also are voicing their concerns regarding practical exams.
T. Suhasini, a 12th standard student said there should be a greater extent of clarity as to how practical exams could be conducted.
Students and parents on the other hand are demanding strengthening the internet reachability should the board exams or other competitive exams be considered for conducting online.
It is interesting to note that many educational institutions conducted their admission tests online only to give rise to many complaints.
Students had faced lot of issues like lack of access to mobile phones or computers, weak internet connectivity.
There was a demand for reexam in certain cases. However, veteran educationist K. Ramamurthy said there should be no scope for any kind of delay or mistakes this time.
Be it CBSE board exams or JEE Main and NEET 2021, they should be conducted in time, else its reflection will be felt in 2021 and also the subsequent years, he said.
One will not be able to say, how long it will take to for the things to settle down if things go wrong now.
Interestingly, there are many students who also are wishing for exams to be held in a timely manner.
Be it CBSE board exams or JEE Main and NEET 2021, students want these exams to be conducted on time, so that new academic sessions could be started on time.