Naveen Urges Prime Minister to Postpone NEET & JEE

Bhubaneswar (Reporters Today Bureau): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi over telephone requesting him to postpone JEE (Main) and NEET in view of the COVID-19 epidemic and flood situation in many parts of Odisha.

The two exams are scheduled to be held in first fortnight of September. During the telephonic conversation,  Naveen said besides the COVID-19 pandemic, many parts of the state are in the grip of flood, for which students may face difficulties in appearing the examinations.

Earlier,  the CM had written a letter to Union Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank urging him to postpone the exams. He had also requested him to direct the National Testing Agency (NTA) to open exam centres in all the 30 districts in Odisha.