Students hail Centre’s decision to hold JEE-Mains 4 times a year

PATNA: Engineering aspirants and experts have welcomed the decision of the Centre to conduct the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Mains four times a year in 2021.
“Keeping in mind the various suggestions and requests received from aspirants of JEE-Mains across the nation, it has been decided to conduct JEE-Mains four times a year (February, March, April & May).The move will ensure that students do not miss out on opportunities due to clash of exams or Covid-19 pandemic,” Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ had tweeted on Wednesday.
Class XII students, who will appear for JEE-Mains, the gateway to engineering institutes across the country, have welcomed the move.
Utkarsh Singh, a Class XII student of St Karen’s High School, said, “The pandemic has increased the study pressure on us. Since it will be our first competitive exam, we need to understand the pattern of the exam. The move will also give us enough chances to crack the exam, without dropping a year.”
Swati Suman, another engineering aspirant from Patna Central School, said, “We never know what will happen in future as the pandemic is still alive. The Centre has taken the right step by deciding to hold the exams four times a year,” she said.
“We face problems in online studies and need time to understand the pattern of JEE-Mains,” said Abhishek Kumar of St Michael’s High School.
The decision has also come as a boon for students who missed the JEE-Mains II exam this year due to Covid-19 pandemic. Apoorva, an engineering aspirant, said, “I am sure of performing better this time. I could not take the exam last time due to the pandemic.”
Abha Choudhary, a chemistry teacher at Notre Dame Academy, said amid pandemic, the decision to conduct the JEE-Mains four times a year would be a boon for kids.
Super 30 founder and mathematician Anand Kumar has also hailed the decision of the Centre and suggested that the pattern of JEE-Advanced should also be clear like JEE-Mains. “It would make it easier for students to learn from experiences and qualify the exams,” he added.