As soon as the Election Commission of India has announced the date and schedule of Lok Sabha Elections 2024, speculations are rife about postponement of entrance and competitive exams including CUET UG, NEET UG, ICAI CA. The 2024 Lok Sabha elections will begin on April 19 and end on June 1. Counting of votes will take place on June 4.
The dates of many competitive and entrance exams are overlapping with this year’s Lok Sabha elections. CUET-UG examinations will be conducted between May 15 and May 31 and the dates of two of these examinations are overlapping with the election dates i.e. May 20 and 25. Another exam that will be conducted at the time of elections is the NEET UG 2024 exam which is scheduled on May 5 (Sunday).
Will the exams be postponed due to Lok Sabha elections?
Giving clarification on CUET UG examinations, UGC Chairman M Jagadish has said that the UG examinations will be conducted as per the schedule. Taking the X, the Chairman wrote, “NTA will conduct CUET-UG, as announced earlier, between May 15 and May 31, 2024. In this period, the two dates overlap with election dates on 20 and 25 May. After the last date of filling applications on March 26, 2024, we will know about the number of students registered for CUET-UG and their geographical distribution. Based on this data and election dates, NTA will announce the date sheet for CUET-UG between May 15 to 31.
Talking about NEET UG exams, reports say that the exams to be held on May 5 will not be postponed. NTA has also confirmed Indian Express That, “JEE Main Session 2 and NEET will be held as per schedule.” jee main session 2 The examinations are scheduled to be held before the Lok Sabha elections i.e. between April 1-15.
ICAI CA Exam Rescheduled?
ICAI CA The examinations are also going to be held in the month of May. Meanwhile, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has announced that it will reschedule the exams and release new dates. The new timetable of examinations will be announced tomorrow i.e. on March 19. As per the previous exam schedule, Intermediate Group 1 exams were scheduled to be held on May 3, 5 and 7, while Group 2 exams were scheduled to be held on May 9, 11 and 13. ICAI had scheduled the final exam on May 2. Dates have been fixed for Group 1 exam on 4th and 6th May and for Group 2 exam on 8th, 10th and 12th May. The foundation examination was scheduled to be held on June 20, 22, 24 and 26. However, it is not known whether the Foundation Exam will be rescheduled or not.
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Published: March 18, 2024, 12:47 pm IST
