July 03, 2020: Amid coronavirus outbreak, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal today announced the the decision to postpone the JEE Main and NEET 2020 examinations. The JEE examination will be held between September 1 to 6, JEE advanced exam will be held on September 27 and National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) examination will be held on September 13.

The postponement is keeping in mind the safety of the students, he said, adding, this will relieve students and give them a chance to be more at ease while preparing for the exams.

The revision in JEE Main 2020, NEET 2020 exam dates is based on recommendations of a panel set up on July 2 to review the situation for conducting the examinations, Pokhriyal said.

Meanwhile, other exams scheduled in July including the CBSE and CISCE exams for the remaining papers have also been cancelled. These boards have decided to release the results based on the performance of students in the previous papers. However, the boards will give another chance to the students to improvise their marks.

CBSE and CISCE results are expected to be released within mid-July.