National Testing Agency Issues Admit Cards For NEET Under-Graduate Level, Assures Safety Of Students

NEW DELHI || Unmindful of the demands from many political parties, social groups and students, to postpone the NEET-JEE 2020 examinations due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued the admit cards for the NEET undergraduate level.

In a statement, NTA said that safety of students during NEET & JEE 2020 was a top priority for authorities and added that all steps and precautions will be taken while conducting NEET and JEE exams in the midst of COVID pandemic.

Talking to media, Dr Vineet Joshi, Director General said, safety of all the students and staff is paramount to them. He assured that the guidelines of the government on social distancing have been followed.

He said number of rooms have been increased so that no more than 12 candidates sit in the same room. Joshi also informed that staggered timings have been allotted to different groups of students in the same centre and number of invigilators has been doubled.

The high-ranking official also said for the past fifteen days, city coordinators and observers are being trained on the SOPs and detailed guidelines so that they can enforce social distancing in testing centres.

He said, advisories have been issued to students and they will face no problems if these guidelines are followed. Meanwhile, the National Testing Agency, NTA on Wednesday released the admit cards for NEET 2020 exam. In the first five hours, 6.84 lakh candidates have downloaded their admit cards.

Over 15 lakh candidates have registered for NEET UG 2020 which is slated to be held on September 13. Candidates can download their admit cards from the official website, ntaneet.nic.in.