Like JEE, Full Syllabus For NEET 2021: Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

India's Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' announced that JEE Mains 2021 and NEET 2021 will be held on basis of complete syllabus. The students sitting for the NEET, JEE exams will, however, have more choices for attempting questions this year. He also announced that the CBSE Board exams for 2021 will be based upon the revised syllabus that was reduced by 30 percent due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“The students will only have to study the revised syllabus for their CBSE board exams. The questions will only be asked from that portion,” he said.   

The minister made these announcements during an online meeting with the students of Kendriya Vidyalaya to discuss and give some key suggestions regarding the examinations yesterday. He had even announced his move to conduct the meeting on Twitter.

I will be going #live to interact with the students of Kendriya Vidyalaya on 18th January at 12 noon.
Join the session #live on my Twitter /FB pages, 🔎for username: @DrRPNishank.
Looking forward to the interaction!#EducationMinisterGoesLive pic.twitter.com/iiX5bNjmZf

— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) January 17, 2021

Students Raise Concerns During The Meeting

The meeting helped students to raise concerns regarding various issues pertaining to the examinations. When a student asked about commuting to examination centres in the midst of the pandemic, Pokhriyal said that students must erase such fears from their mind. He supported his stance by talking about how the NEET and JEE exams were successfully held last year.

In the meeting, he also said that all Kendriya Vidyalaya schools will resume to offline classes soon. The education minister added that this will be done in phases, adding that both the online and offline modes will be used even after schools reopen.

The minister also announced that the JEE (Mains) examination will be conducted in four months i.e, February, March, April and May. The CBSE Board examinations will commence from May 4 to June 10. However, the schedule for the NEET exam hasn't been announced yet.

Ramesh Pokhriyal, who is also the Chairman of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, was assisted by Commissioner, KVS Nidhi Pandey, Additional Commissioner, KVS V Vijayalakshmi during the meet.

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During the meeting, the education minister also appreciated the efforts put in by the students and the teachers for using technology constructively during the pandemic. He said that they have successfully "compensated for the loss (of the closure of schools) through online education."

PC: The Telegraph