In a first, JNU to conduct online entrance exams

NEW DELHI: In a first, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will conduct online entrance exams for all graduate, postgraduate, M Phil and PHD courses for the academic session 2019-20.

The JNU Entrance Examination (JNUEE) will be held from May 27 to May 30 and the registration process will start on March 15.

For the first time, entrance exams for all courses will be held in the multiple-choice questions (MCQS) format, the JNU administration announced on Wednesday.

According to a statement issued by director, admissions, Deepak Gaur, the registration process will close on April 15. Students will have the option of correcting their application forms from April 17 to April 19.

The exams will be conducted in partnership with the National Testing Agency (NTA). “JNU would be adopting digitalisation in its entrance examination process in line with major academic institutions and central universities such as IIT, BHU, Delhi University, the central universities common entrance test, etc. To increase its outreach among the student fraternity, the JNU entrance examination would be conducted in 127 cities across India, which is a 2.5-fold increase from past years,” said Gaur.