The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains February session successfully concluded on Friday for admission to engineering colleges in the country. Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ”Nishank” informed that the JEE Main 2021 first phase saw a 95 percent attendance.
”Happy to note that the attendance in JEE first phase exam was 95%. I hope NTA will conduct the exam successfully in the future also,” he said in a tweet.’
Amid the ongoing pandemic, all candidates had to follow social distancing norms and maintain at least 6 feet distance from each other at all the time.
”The exam was conducted at 828 centres in 311 cities, including 10 centres abroad — Bahrain, Colombo, Doha, Dubai, Kathmandu, Muscat, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore, and Kuwait. All Covid-19 related protocols were followed,” a senior official of the National Testing Agency (NTA) said, as reported by PTI.
JEE (Main)-2021 will be conducted in four sessions. (February/ March/ April/ May). This will give multiple opportunities to the candidates to improve their scores in the examination if they fail to give their best in one attempt.
In the first attempt, the students will get a first-hand experience of taking an examination and will know their mistakes which they can improve while attempting for the next time. This will reduce the chances of dropping a year and droppers would not have to waste a full year.
