This take a look at carried out by Nationwide Testing Company (NTA) will likely be held at seven cities of the state. These are- Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Balasore, Angul, Rourkela and Sambalpur. Greater than 15,000 college students will seem for the take a look at at 31 examination centres in Bhubaneswar.
Bhubaneswar Municipal Company (BMC) has made elaborate preparations for lodging and transportation of scholars showing for the examination within the metropolis.
“Now we have made preparations at 5 areas within the metropolis for lodging of NEET candidates. College students coming from completely different components of the state will keep there. We’re additionally arranging transportation facility to take them to their respective examination centres within the metropolis,” mentioned BMC commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary.
He mentioned all Covid protocols will likely be adopted throughout transportation of the scholars to centres. BMC will monitor all authorities tips on the place of lodging prefer it was doing within the case of JEE Primary candidates.
Final yr, 33,797 candidates had registered to seem for the NEET at 54 examination centres within the state. This yr, the NTA has elevated the variety of the examination centres with a purpose to preserve bodily distancing on the centres throughout this Covid time.
College students will go beneath thermal screening earlier than getting into into the examination centres. All of the precautions and tips, which have been being adopted throughout JEE Primary examination, will likely be carried out this time too, mentioned the sources.
A complete of 38,236 college students from Odisha had registered with NTA to seem for JEE Primary examination, however as many as 27,457 college students had managed to seem the national-level entrance examination between September 1 and September 6. The take a look at was carried out at 26 centres in state’s seven cities. Round 28 per cent candidates didn’t flip up for the examination, sources mentioned.
