The fourth session of the engineering entrance exam JEE-Main 2021 has been postponed and now the exam will be held between August 26 and September 2. The Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has announced that there will be a gap of at least four weeks between the two sessions.
The Education Minister said that this decision has been taken to give four weeks time to the students between this important examination. Earlier, the fourth session of JEE-Main exam was proposed to be conducted from July 27 to August 2.
Pradhan tweeted, “In view of the persistent demand from the student community and to enable the candidates to maximize their performance, the NTA has been advised to provide a gap of four weeks between session 3 and session 4 of the JEE(Main) 2021 Exam.”
He announced that the exam will now be held on August 26, 27, and 31. It will also be conducted on September 1, 2. A total of 7.32 lakh candidates have already registered for JEE Main 2021 session 4 and the application process is still on.
The minister said that the registration for JEE-Main fourth session is on and the date of registration will be extended till July 20.