The government has been testing out the idea of allowing board students to take part in the JEE Main and NEET 2023 exams, according to a child rights activist.

Child rights advocate Anubha Srivastava Sahai has expressed her concern over the pressure to delay Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE Main 2023) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET 2023), accusing the government of “experimenting with board exam students”. She believes that it will take two to three years for the educational system to go back to normal, and that the priority should be to devise a comprehensive plan for students from kindergarten through postgraduate levels.

The woman urged the government to address the needs of students, saying that the academic year has been postponed and the people who are preparing for the JEE, NEET 2023, along with school and college students, are all suffering. She mentioned that a lot of planning and implementation is needed to experiment with students during the COVID-19 pandemic. She then asked the Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, to talk with the students so that he could understand the situation they are in. Lastly, she also informed JEE Main 2023 aspirants that the 75% eligibility criteria and one more attempt for 2021 aspirants will be addressed in February.

Anubha Srivastava Sahai had presented a request to the Bombay High Court on January 4th to delay the JEE Main 2023 first attempt due to its conflict with the board exams 2023. However, the court declined to delay and stated that “any orders that would postpone it could result in an ongoing effect”.