With the increase in COVID-19 cases in the city, the sixth day of the Joint Entrance Examination Main witnessed only 719 candidates in the three exam centres of Gurgaon.

In the first five days of JEE Main, 5249 candidates appeared for the exam out of 6,914 enrolled candidates, that means 75% of candidates took the exam in Gurgaon. However on the last day of JEE Main, a major drop in attendance was seen, out of 1,205 candidates, only 719 appeared at the exam centres.

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JEE Main 2020: Six Days Analysis

  • September 1- The first-day kick starts with only 52% of candidates taking the examination. The dip was expected due to the fears arising from the ongoing pandemic.
  • September 2 to September 4- After the initial hiccup, the number of candidates appearing for JEE Main increased to 85% in the second, third and fourth day of the exam. Read More 
  • September 5- The day fifth of JEE Main again faced a slight slip in attendance and 78% of candidates appeared at the examination centre.
  • September 6- The graph of candidates attempting JEE Main went straight down on the last day of the exam, with only 60% candidates taking the exam.

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The official appointed at one of the Gurgaon exam centres said that the reason for this dip during the weekend cannot be presumed, but the attendance was quite satisfactory amid the COVID-19 crisis and the much-created heat among the students and political groups. 

Satisfactory reports are also received from the student's end. The students and guardians were apprehensive about giving exams during the rising COVID cases but the arrangements made by NTA were at par with the students' satisfaction. 

However, few students were also dissatisfied with the exam centre location in Gurgaon and Faridabad where the pandemic cases are at a huge spike. One of the students coming from Rewari expressed the issues faced by him while traveling to the exam centre and blamed the transportation facility for the low count of candidates on the exam day. 

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