The schedule of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2023 examinations has left the Bihar students jittery as it coincided with the Class 12 mathematics exam to be conducted by the Bihar Intermediate board on February 1.
Sources in the Ministry of Education said a late evening meeting conducted on Sunday has decided to hold a discussion with the Bihar Education Department to adjust the conflicting exam dates either way.
A senior official of the National Testing Agency (NTA) has assured that Bihar students desiring to take the JEE will not face any problems and a new decision to tweak the date and timing shall be announced positively by Monday morning.
Students taking the Bihar Board (BSEB) exam in 2023 have took to social media to express their concerns and urged either of the organizers to adjust or reschedule the exam dates. National Testing Agency (NTA) which conducts the JEE for admissions towards IITs and engineering colleges across the country recently revised JEE Main 2023 exam dates, as of which, the JEE Main 2023 Exams will be conducted on January 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31 and February 1.
Interestingly the JEE 2023 exam had to be rescheduled since a date of testing of one batch of aspirants/applicants fell on January 27 earlier which had to be withdrawn because of the Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) 2023 was scheduled on January 27 in which lakhs of students, teachers parents and other stakeholders participated.
The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) will conduct the mathematics exam of the class 12th board exam for 2023 on February 1, from 9.30 am to 12.45 pm. While the JEE Main 2023 will take place from 9am to 12pm.
Candidates who has to mandatory take the Class 12 board exams and those who have intended to take JEE Main schedule for same day on February 1 have requested the Bihar government to amend necessary changes which is significant for their career.