Education
JEE Mains 2021: Only 5% candidates skip the exams
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.
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.
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