NEET: Over 4 lakh admit cards downloaded in 3hrs

New Delhi, Aug. 26: Over four lakh admit cards for medical entrance exam NEET were downloaded within three hours on Wednesday, sources said.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) released the admit cards for the National Eligibility-cumEntrance Test (NEET) at 12 pm on Wednesday.

“Admit cards of NEET were available for download at 12 on Wednesday. Over 4 lakh candidates have downloaded in first 3 hours,” sources said.

While the NEET is planned on September 13, engineering entrance exam JEE Main is scheduled from September 1-6. Around 9.53 lakh candidates have registered for JEEMains and 15.97 lakh students have registered for NEET. Amid rising clamour for postponement of the crucial exams in view of rising Covid-19 cases, the Ministry of Education officials had reiterated on Tuesday that the exams will be conducted as per schedule in September.

Increasing the number of examination centres, alternate seating plan, fewer candidates per room and staggered entry and exit are among the steps the NTA will take for safely conducting NEET

and JEE next month.

“The number of examination centres have also been increased from 570 to

660 (for JEE Main) and

2,546 to 3,843 (for NEET). While JEE-Mains is a computer-based test, NEET is a pen-paper test,” the NTA said in a statement on Tuesday.

“Additionally, in case of JEE-Mains, the number of shifts have been increased from the earlier 8 to 12, and the number of candidates per shift has been reduced from earlier 1.32 lakh to 85,000 now,” it said.