The Council of Architecture has released a notice regarding the change in the last date of NATA 2021 registration. The council has officially extended the deadline for the upcoming NATA 2021 exam to April 01, 2021. Earlier, the last date for registration was March 28, 2021.
The first test of the NATA 2021 is scheduled for April 10, 2021. While the second test is scheduled to be conducted on June 12, 2021.
Further, CoA has also announced relaxations on the minimum eligibility criteria for appearing in the architecture entrance exam.
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NATA 2021 aspirants may note that the COA has indicated revised eligibility criteria that offer certain relaxations in view of the pandemic. The notice reads “No candidate shall be admitted to architecture course unless she/he has passed an examination at the end of the 10+2 scheme of examination with Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics subjects or passed 10+3 Diploma Examination with Mathematics as a compulsory subject”.
Earlier, Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, tweeted in March 2021 that the minimum eligibility criteria for NATA 2021 will be relaxed for the academic session 2021-2022.
Following this, the CoA has now officially declared the revised eligibility criteria as quoted above.
As per the revision made in the eligibility criteria, candidates are no longer required to secure at least 50% marks in Class 12 to be eligible for NATA. With the change, now anyone who has passed Class 12 with PCM subjects by securing the minimum passing marks is eligible to apply for NATA as per the latest extended schedule of the exam.