Exam dates clash, engg, medical aspirants stumped

Students who have applied for the JEE (Advanced) for admission in IIT, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) and All India Institute Medical Science (AIIMS) for MBBS, are in a dilemma as at least two of the entrance tests are on June 2, while one of the tests is scheduled for June 1.

The JEE (Advanced) and the entrance test for MBBS admission in JIPMER, Puducherry, will be held on June 2 and the test for admission in AIIMS is scheduled for June 1. The examination centre for state candidates for the JEE (Advanced) and AIIMS is in Bhubaneswar, while the nearest entrance test centre for JIPMER is in Kolkata.

Engineering and medical aspirants, who have applied for all three tests, will have to miss at least one test, probably the entrance for the JIPMER as the JEE (Advanced) test is clashing on the same day (June 2). Worried aspirants have urged officials to reschedule one of the tests.

"I have applied for the AIIMS and JIPMER. I also qualified to appear in the JEE (Advanced). Although I am keen to appear all the tests, it won't be possible," said Subhra Kant Mishra, an aspirant in Berhampur.

Around 1,000 students from the state are expected to take all three tests for admission to engineering and medical courses, said Sudhir Rout, tutor of a private institute. There should have been a gap of at least one week between the tests, he added.


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