THE SUPREME COURT HAS REFUSED TO POSTPONE GATE 2022, AND THE TESTS WILL BE HELD ON TIME.

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The Supreme Court rejected to postpone this year's Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2022) exams due to the third wave of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), citing the risk of "chaos and confusion" among students if the exams were delayed.

GATE is a test that assesses a student's overall mastery of numerous undergraduate engineering and scientific disciplines in preparation for entrance to a master's program and employment by some government agencies.

The GATE 2022 tests will now be held physically on February 5, 6, 12, and 13 as scheduled, thanks to a green light from the Supreme Court.

In light of the current Covid-19 rise, 11 GATE candidates petitioned the Supreme Court, urging it to issue directives to the national government and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (the organisers of GATE 2022) to postpone the exams. "With the current third wave, Covid-19 has spread widely in various states and cities thanks to its new variation Omicron. Several studies, including one conducted by IIT Kanpur, estimate that the 3rd wave will peak in early February and conclude in April. As a result, the peak is most likely to coincide with GATE exam dates," according to the petition.

"If the exam dates are not postponed, candidates taking the GATE 2022 exam run the risk of becoming infected and spreading it, posing a threat to their lives as well as the lives of their family members," it continued. However, a bench of the Supreme Court, led by Justice DY Chandrachud, warned the petitioners today that the exams are a government policy matter, and that any court intervention at this point would simply cause "chaos and uncertainty" among students.

The court stated that the first and second Covid-19 waves were not the same as the third, and that in recent years, as many as 20 government tests had to be postponed in a similar fashion. According to extracts reported by Bar and Bench, the court stated, "We cannot start postponing tests like this." "Everything is opening up now, and we can't fool around with students' careers like this." A coaching centre is one of the petitioners. This is an issue of academic policy."

While lakhs of students around the country have been studying for the tests, only 20,000 candidates have signed an online petition asking for the exam to be postponed, according to the Supreme Court. As a result, in order to avoid confusion and uncertainty among the remaining students, the Supreme Court has decided to dismiss the petition for a postponement of the GATE 2022 exams.

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