JEE: Gujarat Amid Outbreak, 45% Students Skip JEE On Tuesday.

Some forty-five per cent of candidates from Gujarat skipped the Joint Entrance Exams (JEE) that began nationwide on a weekday for admission in engineering and pharmacy courses. A senior official aforesaid the proportion of scholars skipping the check stood at 25-30 per cent in earlier years and therefore the current figure was '10-15 per cent' a lot of.

The authorities had aforesaid on a weekday that thirty-eight,167 students had registered for the test meaning conducted by the National Testing Agency in thirty-two centres in thirteen districts between Sept 1-6. 'On a primary day, out of 3,020 registered students, only 1,664, or 55%  remained gift, while 1,356 (45 per cent) failed to come about.

exams each year. the proportion this year is higher by 10-15,' aforesaid Virendra Ravat, JEE organizer for Gujarat. On Monday, Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh had aforesaid the administration would hold the exams once taking all precautions insight of the COVID-19 pandemic.