Education
NEET exam and JEE mains will now be held twice in year from 2019
New Delhi: The Human Resource Development (HRD) minister, Prakash Javedkar recently announced in a press conference that the Net JRF, JEE mains, NEET exams will now be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) from the coming year.
Before, these exams were conducted by CBSE. Adding to this, he said JEE mains and NEET exam will now be held twice a year from 2019. Minister said that the exams will now be more secure, there will be no paper leakage and it will be more friendly, leak proof system. Students will also be given practice sessions online.
NTA will be conducting the exam for the first time. In the year 2017, the union cabinet approved the formation of NTA. National Testing Agency (NTA) will serve as an autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization to conduct entrance examinations for higher educational institutions.
As per the approval of Union Cabinet, the NTA will be created as a Society registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860.
NEET exams, JEE mains to be conducted two times in year from 2019:
Keeping rural people in mind the exam centres will be set in sub- districts/districts as far as possible and all the exams will be held online only for easy and secure conduction of exam. Students would be given training to take tests online easily.
NTA will be given 25 crore grant for the first entrance exam it is going to conduct, later on it will be financially self-sustained.
NTA would bring high reliability, intelligence and problem-solving abilities of the students. The next exam scheduled that would be conducted by NTA is net-jrf that will held in December.
Education
As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.