ahmedabad the state congress has demanded the postponement of gujarat common entrance test gujcet that are scheduled to be held on august 24 congress spokesperson manish doshi on sunday said due to heavy rains and the rising number of covid19 cases the government should defer the exams keeping in view the health and safety of students the gujarat secondary and higher secondary education board gshseb on sunday said that the exams would be held on august 24 as per schedule in which 127230 students were expected to participate the exam will be held in 641 exam centres across 34 districts after completion of the gujcet the board will conduct supplementary exam for class x students as well as for class xii students who failed in one or two subjects a total of 23830 candidates are expected to take the exams that will be held from august 25 to august 27 for the class x supplementary test 131901 candidates are expected to take the test between august 25 and august 28 the gujcet exams which were earlier scheduled to be held on march 31 have been delayed due to covid19 crisis the gshseb which conducts the gujcet has seen 125781 class xii science students registering for the exam this consists of 49888 students from group a 75519 from group b and 374 from group ab a merit list for college admissions is drawn up by giving 40 weightage to percentile obtained by the candidate in the gujcet 2020 and 60 weightage to percentile obtained in class xii science board exams