Students to protest for JEE Main, CUET, NEET at Jantar Mantar on August 17.

After the online campaigning for the second attempt at NEET UG 2022 and the third attempt at JEE Main 2022, students are now preparing to launch a ‘peaceful’ protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on August 17 at 10 PM. Students and education activists are flooding Twitter with the call for a protest for NEET UG, JEE Main, and CUET.

Aspirants for JEE Main and NEET are stirring up online campaigns, urging the National Testing Agency (NTA) to hold one more session for both entrance examinations.

NEET aspirants are demanding a re-examination, citing irregularities in the examination and the rigging of the NEET paper. Some want the NTA to conduct a re-exam in order to improve their scores. Engineering aspirants are demanding a third attempt for JEE Main, claiming that technical problems hampered the exam for several candidates.

As per the digital flyers being circulated on social media, Pawan Bhadana, a student activist, is leading a symbolic protest for the NEET UG, JEE Main, and CUET exams. A link for the Google forms is also seen being shared on Twitter, in which students are asked if they are willing to participate in the protest.

Meanwhile, the University Grant Commission (UGC) has sent out a proposal to merge the NEET UG and JEE main exams into the Common University Entrance Test (CUET). The proposal suggests that only one entrance examination for all JEE NEET and CUET will be conducted in CBT mode, twice a year. If accepted, students might have the chance of appearing for the examination once in May – June (after the boards) and another in December.