JEE Advanced 2021 likely to be postponed, says education experts

JEE Advanced 2021 which is scheduled to be held on July 3 is likely to be postponed due to COVID-19. Read on to know more.

JEE Advanced 2021: The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic caused the postponement of various engineering entrance exams including the JEE Main. In line with this, it is likely that the JEE Advanced exam may also get deferred.

In April, the union minister of education Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' informed students about the postponement of JEE Main April session and in the first week of this month, the May session has also been postponed. Now, the chances of JEE Advanced getting postponed has also been increased as it can only be conducted after the declaration of the final JEE Main result.

Top 2.5 lakh JEE Main qualified candidates are only allowed to take the JEE Advanced that can only be decided after the declaration of the final result of JEE Mains exam. Directors of various IITs also supported the above speculation.

While talking to a leading media house, the director of IIT Hyderabad said that to conduct Advanced as per schedule, one session of JEE Main was to be conducted in May and another one in June. As none of the sessions has been conducted so far, there are chances that the exam date for the Advanced exam will also be pushed forward.

Another director of an IIT located in the North Central zone shared similar thoughts. He said, with board exams and JEE Main postponed and due to uncertainty regarding the dates, JEE Advanced has to be postponed.

JEE Advanced 2021 exam date is July 3. IIT Kharagpur will conduct the exam this year for admission to various programmes at IITs. Last year, the exams were also postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic spread in the country.