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The medical entrance examination NEET-UG will probably be performed on Could 4, the Nationwide Testing Company (NTA) introduced on Friday.
The applying course of for the Nationwide Eligibility-cum-Entrance Check (NEET)-UG started on Friday and can conclude on March 7. It’s the largest entrance examination within the nation by way of the variety of candidates showing for the take a look at.
In 2024, a report 24 lakh candidates took the examination. The NTA conducts the NEET yearly for admission to medical schools. A complete of 1,08,000 seats can be found for MBSS course. Roughly 56,000 of them are in authorities hospitals and about 52,000 in personal schools.
Admissions to undergraduate programs in Dentistry, Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha additionally utilise the outcomes of the NEET for admission.
The NTA had final month introduced that the essential examination will proceed to be performed in pen and paper mode. The choice got here after detailed deliberations between Schooling and Well being Ministries on whether or not to conduct the NEET-UG in pen and paper mode or on-line mode.
Within the line of fireside over alleged irregularities in NEET and PhD entrance NET, the Centre had in July arrange a panel to make sure clear, easy and truthful conduct of examinations by NTA.
In line with the high-level panel headed by former ISRO chief R. Radhakrishnan, multi-stage testing for NEET-UG might be a viable chance that must be adopted up.
Whereas NEET was final 12 months affected by a number of allegations of irregularities, together with paper leaks, and litigation, UGC-NET was cancelled because the ministry obtained inputs that the integrity of the examination had been compromised. Each issues are being probed by the CBI.
Printed – February 08, 2025 02:50 am IST
