The National Testing Agency has rescheduled the first session of JEE (Main) after it received complaints that the dates were clashing with Class 12 board examinations. The exams will now be held from April 21 to May 1.
“In view of the persistent demand from the student community and in their support, National Testing Agency has decided to reschedule the dates of JEE (Main) –2022 Session 1,” the NTA said in a statement.
The agency said the exam city intimation slip will be released in the first week of April and candidates can download their admit cards from second week of April.
The Joint Entrance Examination-Main comprises two papers. Paper one is conducted for admission to undergraduate engineering programmes—BE and B.Tech—at NITs, IIITs and other centrally-funded technical institutions, and institutions and universities funded and recognised by participating state governments.
It is also an eligibility test for JEE (Advanced), which is conducted for admission to IITs.
The first session of the exams was earlier scheduled to begin on April 16 and end on April 21. The second phase of the exam is scheduled from May 24 to 29,