JEE Mains 2021: Exam Dates Out! Third Session Between July 20-25, Fourth From July 27

This year, the JEE Main examination is being conducted in 13 languages -- Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, English, and Gujarati. 

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New Delhi: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Tuesday announced the schedule for the remaining two sessions of the JEE Mains 2021. According to the fresh schedule, the National Testing Agency (NTA) will be conducting the third JEE Main April session 2021 examination from July 20 to July 25, 2021. Meanwhile, the fourth JEE Main May session 2021 examination is scheduled to be held from July 27 to August 2, 2021. 

This year, the National Testing Agency (NTA) had decided to conduct the JEE Main 2021 examination in 4 sessions. The first session was held from February 23 to 26, 2021. The second session was conducted from March 15 to 18, 2021. 

Earlier, the third session examination was scheduled to be held from April 27 to 30, 2021. The fourth session was scheduled to be held from May 24 to 28, 2021. However, the third and fourth session was later deferred in wake of the covid-19 pandemic. 

This year, the JEE Main examination is being conducted in 13 languages -- Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, English, and Gujarati. 

Earlier, the Ministry of Education had decided to waive off the minimum 75 percent marks that candidates need to score in their class 12 exams to be eligible for NITs, IIITs, SPAs, and other Central Funded Technical Institutes, whose admissions are based on Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)(Main). The decision was taken as a one-time measure only for the academic year 2021-22. 

Note: Candidates are advised to keep visiting the official website of the JEE Mains regularly for the latest updates regarding the entrance examination.