NEW DELHI: The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Under Graduate (NEET UG) 2020 scheduled for May 3 has been postponed to the last week of May. Accordingly, admit cards, which were due to be issued on Friday, will be issued after assessing the situation after April 15, the National Testing Agency (NTA) said.The Joint Entrance Examination (Main) will also be rescheduled as the lockdown will continue till April 15.The NTA, in a public notice issued on Friday evening, said NEET UG 2020 “is proposed to be held in the last week of May 2020. Exact date will be announced later after assessing the situation”.The decision was taken after a meeting between senior officials of the ministries of health and HRD on Friday.The notice, issued by NTA director general Vineet Joshi said, “In view of the hardships face by parents and students due to Covid-19 epidemic, the NTA has postponed the ensuing NEET (UG) May 2020 examination scheduled to be held on May 3, 2020.” The NTA advised students to keep visiting the official website for updates and said candidates were also being informed individually through their registered mobile number/email ID.With remaining CBSE, NIOS and CISCE Board exams being postponed till after March 21, competitive exams to be conducted thereafter will also be affected. After announcement of the 21-day lockdown across the country on March 24, the JEE (Main) exam scheduled in the first and second week of April too stands postponed. A senior government official said, “The new dates are likely to be announced only after the lockdown period is over and subsequent review of the Covid-19 outbreak.”According to sources, for JEE (Main), NTA will probably have to wait till school education boards like CBSE announce their new dates for the few exams that could not conducted due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Earlier, school boards and NTA were supposed to work on the new dates after March 31. But now, they may have to wait till the lockdown to end.