New Delhi: More than 23,000 candidates who emerged for the gate examination in February have joined the petition demanding the exam postponed considering the third wave of Covid-19.
The postgraduate capability test in the engineering (gate) is an examination that primarily tests a comprehensive understanding of various undergraduate subjects in the field of engineering and science to enter the master program and recruitment by several public sector companies.
This year the exam is being carried out by the Indian Technology Institute (IIT) Kahargrpur from 4-13 February.
“With the third third wave, Covid-19 because the new variant of Omicron has spread severely in several states, cities.
Some studies including those carried out by IIT Kanpur predict that the 3rd wavelight is expected in early February and the wave will be the end of April .
Therefore, the peak is likely to coincide with the usual gate test date, “the petition reading.
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“If the exam date is not postponed, the candidates who appear to the gate 2022 run the risk of being infected immediately and spread it thus have a threat to their lives and the lives of their family members,” he added.
There is no response from IIT Kharagpur about this problem.
The exam results are scheduled to be stated in March 17.