Union Education Minister Announces Schedule Of JEE Mains In 2021

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Wednesday announced the schedule of the JEE Main Examination that will be held in four sessions from next year.

“Keeping in mind various suggestions/requests received from aspirants of JEE Mains across the nation, it has been decided to conduct JEE Mains four times in February, March, April and May,” the Union Minister said in a Twitter post.

Announcing the schedule of the JEE Main examination, he said it will be held in multiple dates i.e. February 23 to 26, March 15 to 18, April 27 to 30 and May 24 to 28, 2021. The examination, conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), will be held in two shifts from 9 am to 12 pm and from 3 pm to 6 pm.

Stating that the application process for JEE Main started on Wednesday, he said the candidates can apply till January 16. The fees can be paid online at www.jeemain.nta.nic.in upto January 17.

The Union minister further said the result of JEE Main February session will be announced in March. The first session will be held from February 23 to 26 and its results will be declared within five days from the last date of examination, he added.

JEE Mains will be held in 13 languages. These include English, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Odia and Malayalam, Pokhriyal said.

Referring to the new paper pattern, he said there will be no negative marking in 15 alternative questions. The candidates have to attempt 75 questions out of 90 or 25 out of 30 questions in each section of Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.

“To determine the ranking of the candidates, Pokhriyal said the NTA will calculate best marks for the ranking. “Even if a student appears in the four sessions, the NTA will calculate his/her best marks out of the four examinations,” he said.

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