JEE Main Session 3: Maharashtra Students Affected By Rain To Get Another Chance, Says Dharmendra Pradhan

The Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan announced that NTA will re-conduct JEE for all the candidates who will not be able to take them on July 25 and July 27 in view of heavy rains in Maharashtra. The re-exam dates will be announced soon.

The students of Kolhapur, Palghar, Ratnagiri, Raigadh, Sindhudurg, Sangli, and Satara from Maharashtra who will be unable to take the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main Session 3 due to heavy rains in the state on July 22 and July 27 will be allowed to re-appear for the engineering entrance test again. The Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan in a social media post announced that the JEE Main administering body, National Testing Agency (NTA) will re-conduct JEE Main for all the candidates who will not be able to take them on July 25 and July 27 in view of heavy rains in the state. The JEE Main re-exam dates will be announced soon. The Education Minister in his Twitter account said: “In light of the heavy rains and landslides in Maharashtra, to assist the Maharashtra student community, I have advised the NTA to grant another opportunity to all candidates who may not be able to reach the test centre for JEE (Main)-2021 Session 3.” “Students from Kolhapur, Palghar, Ratnagiri, Raigadh, Sindhudurg, Sangli, and Satara, who are unable to reach their test centres on 25 and 27 July 2021 for JEE (Main)-2021 Session 3 need not panic. They will be given another opportunity, and the dates will be announced soon by the NTA,” he added. The third session of JEE main has been scheduled on July 20, 22, 25, and 27, 2021 . NTA had already conducted the JEE Main Session 3 exams on July 20 and July 22 successfully. As many as 7,09,519 students have registered for the third session of JEE Main.