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NEET UG 2021: IWPA Writes To NTA, Education Ministry; Urges To Postpone Exams For Another Week

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has not yet given any indication that NEET 2021 may be postponed. The NEET 2021 admit cards will be issued from September 9.

Updated: August 19, 2021, 6:53 PM IST

NEET UG 2021: Amid several exams coming up in September, students across India took to social media to demand the postponement of NEET-UG 2021 till October as they said that the medical entrance exam date is too close to other exams. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 improvement and compartment exams are set to be held between August 25 to September 15. The next day after the medical exam on September 12 is the math paper on September 13. On Wednesday, Advocate Anubha Shrivastava, President India Wide Parents Association Lawyer and child rights activist wrote a letter to the Chairman NTA, Joint Director, and Minister of Education Govt of India and requested them to reschedule the exam dates and postpone it for a week or 10 days so that students don’t face any issue in appearing for the exams.

Here are the dates of the various exams being held quite close to each other:

  • NEET: September 12
  • CBSE Class 12 improvement and compartment exams: August 25 to September 15
  • ICAR AIEEA 2021 UG (for BSc admissions): September 7, 8, 13
  • Karnataka COMEDK: September 14
  • Odisha JEE: September 6 to 18

Here are few tweets posted by the students: 

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