Mamata Banerjee pens to PM Modi, appeals for postponement of NEET and JEE Main 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to postpone National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) examinations that are scheduled to be held in September. Bengal Chief Minister's request has come at a time when the nation is dealing through a pandemic that has infected millions and while thousands have succumbed.

Banerjee, in a series of tweets, said she was vocal about the issue during the last video conference of chief ministers with Prime Minister Narendra

Modi.

"In our last video conference with the Hon'ble PM Shri



@narendramodiJi, I had been vocal against the UGC guidelines mandating completion of terminal examinations in Universities/Colleges by the end of September 2020, which had a huge potential to put student lives at risk," she tweeted.

Banerjee appealed to the Centre to assess the risk and postpone the examinations until the situation is conducive again.

"Now with the directive of @EduMinOfIndiato conduct NEET, JEE 2020 in Sep, I would again appeal to the Centre to assess the risk and postpone these examinations until the situation is conducive again. It is our duty to ensure a safe environment for all our students," she said in another Twitter

post.