India's National Testing Agency has decided to change the examination centre in Qatar for JEE (Mains) Exam 2020 to Birla Public School, Doha, while observing necessary health and safety protocol.
This was announced by the Indian embassy in a tweet on Tuesday. The confusion prevailing about the centre for the JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) in Qatar would be solved ‘very soon’, an Indian embassy official had told Gulf Times on Monday.
Several students set to appear for the JEE examination from Qatar this year were earlier scheduled to take the exam with Family Computers Centre in Al Rayyan, but according to the father of a candidate the institute informed they will not be able to conduct the examination due to technical reasons.
When contacted, Hemant Kumar Dwivedi, the first secretary at the Indian embassy, said that the mission was well aware of the issue and in touch with various authorities to resolve it.
Last time also the examination was held at Birla Public School. JEE is meant for admission to the prestigious engineering colleges including IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) and NITs (National Institute of Technology) and is held twice a year.
This year the examination was held in January and the second one is expected to be held in the first week of September. It is learnt that a large number of students from Qatar are set to appear for the examination. Generally, the examination is held in April to May but this year due to the Covid-19 it was postponed to September.