News & Updates

Over the last month or two there have been lots of action, meetings, press-releases and debates over the newly formed National Testing Agency (NTA) and how it would impact the most widely followed entrance exams, i,e, JEE Main and NEET.  We are here to give you all a quick but crisp update on how things stand as on date.

Who is going to conduct these entrance exams?

Both JEE Main and NEET were earlier conducted by CBSE.  But over a period of time, the burden of conducting these entrance exams have been impacting the core mandate of the CBSE, i.e., to affiliate schools to the education board and to conduct the final examinations to Class 10 and 12 each year.  The HRD Ministry announced the creation of the National Testing Agency which would be a premier, specialist, autonomous and self-sustained testing organization to conduct entrance examinations for admission/fellowship in higher educational institutions. The NTA is mandated to conduct
- NEET
- JEE Main
- Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT)
- UGC National Eligibility Test (UGC NET)
- Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)

What is the latest on JEE Main
JEE Main shall be conducted twice each year starting from 2019.
Mode of Exam: Computer Based only

JEE Main 1:  
>> Registration: 1st to 30th Sept, 2018
>> Admit Cards Download: 17th Dec, 2018
>> Exam Dates: 6th to 20th Jan, 2019
>> Results: 31st Jan, 2019

JEE Main 2:  
>> Registration: 8th Feb to 7th Mar 2019
>> Admit Cards Download: 18th Mar, 2019
>> Exam Dates: 6th to 20th Apr, 2019
>> Results: 30th Apr, 2019

What is the latest on NEET
NEET shall be conducted only ONCE in 2019.
Mode of Exam: Pen & Paper Based only (Offline)
>> Registration: 1st to 30th Nov, 2018
>> Admit Cards Download: 15th Apr, 2019
>> Exam Date: 5th May, 2019
>> Results: 5th June, 2019