Joint Entrance Examination, JEE Main 2022 has been announced by National Testing Agency, NTA to postpone. However, the revised JEE Mains dates are likely to affect other engineering entrance exams.
These include MHT CET, TS EAMCET, KCET, KEAM 2022 etc. While JEE Main 2022 is an entrance exam, there are other CETs or entrance exams that are conducted by states for admission to state-specific colleges. These exams include MHT CET for Maharashtra colleges, TS EAMCET for Telangana, KCET for Karnataka and KEAM for Kerala state.
As per the year 2021 numbers, around 20 lakh applicants apply for JEE Mains. Since seats are limited in IITs and NITs, lakhs of applicants also apply for these state level entrance exams.
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With JEE Mains being postponed to June and July, our analysis shows either a possible clash with some papers or a paper starting very close to JEE Mains, which may create some problems for the students. Let’s take a look at the dates.
KCET 2022: The exam will end on June 18, so the exam date will not clash with JEE Mains. JEE Mains will start from June 20, 2022.
This is the date (June- 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29, 2022)
MHT CET 2022 (Technical Courses) will end on June 28, 2022. JEE Mains exam will also be conducted on that day. In this case the exam date will clash.
This is the date (June- 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29, 2022)
The KEAM is likely to be held on June 26, 2022, if the exam is conducted on this day then the date of KEAM may clash with the JEE Mains exam.
This is the date (June- 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29, 2022)
TS EAMCET 2022 exam will end on July 20. There will be no date clash of JEE Mains on this day as the exam will be conducted on the next day.
This is the date (July- 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 9 and 30, 2022)
The comparison given above shows that the revised JEE Mains schedule is likely to cause some problems with other exam dates. Whether the officials will consider changing them or not, it will be known only in the coming time.