The National Testing Agency (NTA) has once again postponed the National Council for Hotel Management Joint Entrance Examination (NCHM JEE) 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is the second time NTA has postponed NCHM JEE-2020. Earlier the exam was scheduled to be held on April 15, 2002, but was postponed to be held on 22 June.
NTA notice read – “In view of the representations received from many candidates to further postpone the examination due to the problems faced by them in movement, the National Testing Agency has decided to further postpone the NCHM JEE-2020.”
HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal also tweeted about the postponement of the NCHM JEE 2020 and said that the new dates of the exam will be announced in due course of time.
The revised schedule of the NCHM JEE 2020 will be available on the official website nchmjee.ta.nic.in, once it is released
NCHM JEE 2020 will be conducted in online mode. The duration of the exam is 3 hrs and will have 200 questions from numerical ability and analytical aptitude, reasoning and logical deduction, general knowledge, English, and aptitude for the service sector. For every correct answer four marks will be awarded and for a wrong answer, one mark will be deducted.
The NCHM JEE is conducted every year for admission to B.Sc courses in hospitality and hostel administration. Based on the marks, candidates are admitted to 63 top-ranked NCHM affiliated Institutes of Hotel Management (IHMs) across India.