JEE Main 2020 entrance examination which was conducted during the first week of September witnessed the attendance of 74 per cent registered candidates out of the 8.58 Lakh total registered candidates.

Earlier, a total of 94.32 per cent candidates appeared in the January session of the JEE Main examination. The examination has seen a dip of almost 24% in the registered applicants appearing in the September examination.

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As per the statistics available with the Ministry of Education, out of 8.58 lakh applicants, 6.35 lakh appeared for the engineering test from September 1 to 6. JEE Main 2020 was conducted after being postponed twice in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.

"JEE-Main is held twice a year. The previous one was held in January this year. Several students who did not appear for the exam in September may have done well in the January exam and hence did not feel the need to sit for the exam this time. We are ascertaining those numbers," said Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' in a tweet. 

On the other hand, last year, the attendance in the January and April edition of the exam was 94.11 per cent and 94.15 per cent respectively. 

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Education Minister also highlighted that if the examination was further delayed it would have not been in the interest of the hardworking JEE applicants and their plans for colleges admissions.

“Our government has always been unwavering regarding student welfare & student safety. We will always work for the interests of our youth," Pokhriyal said.

JEE Main is conducted twice in a year for admissions into the prestigious engineering institutes. NTA has successfully completed the conduct of JEE Main 2020 examination and is now looking forward to conducting JEE Advanced 2020 on September 27. 

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