WBJEE 2020 exam date may be advanced to February 2, before Class 12 exams
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) board has decided to advance the WBJEE 2020 by 10 weeks. The 2020 WBJEE exam, which was earlier scheduled to be held on April 19 next year, will now likely to be conducted on February 2, 2020. WBJEE board chairman confirmed the plan to The Times of India and said the proposal had been forwarded to state education minister Partha Chatterjee for approval. If approved, the next year will probably be the first time that the WBJEE will held before board examinations. Traditionally, the board has been holding the engineering entrance examination in April - the time by most Class-XI board examinantions are over. The decision was taken to increase enrolment of students in engineering colleges across the state. Like in most states in India, a large number of engineering seats are finding no takers in West Bengal. Though the dip is largely due to declining job opportunities, some believe, the reason behind engineering seats remaining ...