Postpone WBJEE 2022 to May, ISC students request Mamata Banerjee after clash with board exam

Students have taken to Twitter to demand for postponement stating that the WBJEE exam date 2022 is clashing with the ISC Class 12 elective English exams.

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Students demand WBJEE postponementStudents demand WBJEE postponement

Anu Parthiban | April 20, 2022 | 07:00 PM IST

NEW DELHI: After Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main 2022) postponement, now, students are demanding to postpone West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE 2022) due to a clash with Indian School Certificate (ISC) exam 2022. The National Testing Agency (NTA) has already rescheduled the JEE Main 2022 exam dates twice this year due to a clash with board exams 2022 and other competitive exams.

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The WBJEE 2022 is conducted every year for BTech admissions into the participating institutes. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier announced that the WBJEE exam 2022 will be held on April 30. Following this, the CISCE students have taken to Twitter to demand for postponement stating that the WBJEE exam date 2022 is clashing with the ISC Class 12 elective English, hospitality management, Indian music, western music exams.

Several state boards, the CISCE and others revised the Class 12 datesheet exams after the NTA announced the JEE Main 2022 exam dates. Other engineering entrance exams conducted by different states across India such as the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MHT CET), Telangana State Engineering, Agriculture, and Medical Common Entrance Test (TS EAMCET), Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET), Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical (KEAM) were also clashing with the JEE Main dates.

Moreover, students have been continuously demanding for a sufficient gap between the two sessions of JEE Main 2022 and more attempts.

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Students demand WBJEE 2022 postponement

A student said, “Please postpone WBJEE, It’s crazy how we have to prepare for boards and wbjee at the same time. I don’t think any of the batches before us had to face this. Jee main got postponed due to this exact reason. It defeats the whole purpose if wbjee is still conducted.”

All India Student’s Union wrote on Twitter, “#PostponeWBJEE2022 The students of West Bengal and other states are requesting CM of WB please postpone WBJEE for just 15-20 days . Give us a chance to be seated in your Prominent colleges.”

“Please Review the WBJEE 2022 Exam Dates once again. The students of West Bengal and other states are requesting CM of West Bengal please postpone WBJEE for just 15-20 days,” another student said.

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