Revised dates schedule for various pending examinations, viz. UGC-NET, IGNOU OPENMAT, PhD, Delhi University entrance test, and ICAR AIEEA have been announced today.

The dates have been put up on the official website of the National Testing Agency. These examinations were earlier postponed due to the COVID situation. Ministry of Education in its official notification has said that the examinations will be conducted from the month of September, keeping in mind the interest of the students. The proposal from the MoE was accepted by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The following schedule for the examinations has been finalised:

• UGC-NET (earlier scheduled in June 2020): 16- 18 September and 21-25 September 
• Delhi University Entrance Test (DUET 2020): 6-11 September
• Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR AIEEA): 7-8 September
• IGNOU OPENMAT 2020: 15 September
• All India AYUSH PG Entrance Test: 28 September
• IGNOU PhD Entrance Test: 4 October
• ICAR PhD, Masters Degree, JRF/SRS: to be announced

The details of the examinations and procedure to procude admit card, centres, etc is available on www.nta.ac.in. Candidates can download their admit cards 15 days prior to the examination commencement date. The date, time, venue will be mentioned on the admit card.

Government has already finalised the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to conduct the examinations during the current pandemic times, on 20 August.