Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said 75 per cent of JEE-Main candidates in the state could not appear for the exam held on 1 September due to the Covid-19 pandemic. She blamed the Union government’s ‘ego’ for it.
The TMC chief claimed that in other States, only half of the examinees managed to turn up due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation.
“Our students are in great trouble. So many of them were not able to attempt JEE. That’s why we had requested the central government to appeal to the Supreme Court or review the matter again so that students are not deprived,” she told the media.
She added: “Out of 4,652 candidates for JEE in West Bengal only 1,167 could appear for it despite all arrangements by the State government for them. This means only 25 per cent could attempt to write the examinations and the rest 75 per cent could not in West Bengal. We had made the arrangements as per the instructions (of the Centre).”