Entrance exams begin: students write JEE Main with masks on day 1

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New Delhi, Sep 01, 2020:    In adherence with strict COVID-19 guidelines, students across the country are writing JEE Main on Tuesday, 1 September, after the Union Ministry of Education remained firm on conducing the engineering entrance test from 1 to 6 September.

 

According to health guidelines issued by the National Testing Agency, students must maintain social distancing at the exam centre and carry a written self-declaration stating that they do not have any symptoms associated with COVID-19, have not come in contact with anyone who has tested positive for the virus or had any symptom in the recent past.

Students are allowed to carry a transparent water bottle, and a 50 ml mask sanitiser and will have to maintain a six-feet distance while entering the hall. They will also be given a fresh three-ply mask before entering and will have to discard the old ones.Additionally, the Central & Western Railway has allowed students and their accompanying parents to travel by special suburban services over the Mumbai Suburban Network.