All CET exams including AP EAMCET postponed, edu minister

NEW DELHI: All CET exams including EAMCET have been postponed in Andhra Pradesh. Education minister Adimulapu Suresh on Monday said that the decision was taken as per the directions of chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy.
The minister also said that the EAMCET exam will be conducted in September the third week.
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada on behalf of APSCHE conducts Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) for admission into various professional courses offered in University/ Private Colleges in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Along with AP EAMCET, exams thus postponed include AP ECET, AP ICET, AP GECET, AP EDCET, AP LAWCET, AP PECET.
"After a review of the situation, Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy directed that the CETs be postponed and, accordingly, we have decided to hold them in the third week of September.
Fresh dates for these entrance examinations will be announced later," Education Minister A Suresh told reporters.
He pointed out that similar entrance examinations at the national level too were deferred because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The AP government, through the State Council of Higher Education, conducts EAMCET, ICET, PGCET, LawCET, EdCET and other entrance examinations for admission into courses like engineering, medicine, agriculture, business administration, law and also various post-graduate degrees.
These CETs are normally conducted in the month of May, but because of COVID-19 the schedule got disturbed this year.
(With inputs from PTI)