With the three-week nationwide lockdown in India and uncertainty over a foreseeable end to the COVID-19 outbreak, entrance exams for undergraduate courses are being postponed, like the NEET exam was. If you’re just about to graduate from school in 2020 and are fretting about your educational career, The Quint answers these frequently asked questions for you.
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Which Entrance Exams for UG Admission Are Postponed in India?
Here are some of the entrance exams which have been postponed, or have rescheduled their last date for application due to the coronavirus outbreak. This is not a comprehensive list and will be updated with further announcements.
What about admissions to Delhi University?
No change in the DU admission schedule has been announced yet.
I wanted to go abroad to study, can I still do so?
The exact impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Indians planning to study abroad is still unclear. India is the second-largest source country for international students, second only to China. The coronavirus pandemic has had an adverse impact around the world, including in the US, which is considered to be a prime educational destination for Indian students. This will have an impact on the admissions for the Fall semester of August-September.
Speaking to The Hindu Business Line, Naveen Chopra, founder of The Chopras, which is a study abroad consultancy firm said, “As far as number of applications, enquiries and walk-ins are concerned, there hasn’t been a dip as of now. But there might be a fall in actual number of students going abroad, if threat of COVID-19 persists.”
If you have secured admission, you can consider contacting your University to shift your admission from the Fall semester to the Winter semester (in January and February). If you were one of the students who were planning to go abroad, the best alternative is to watch how the situation develops and keep a back-up course in India.
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