National Eligibility and Entrance Test

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test or NEET-UG is a qualifying entrance examination in India, for students who wish to study any graduate medical course (MBBS), dental course (BDS) or postgraduate course (MD / MS) in government or private medical colleges in India.NEET-UG (Undergraduate), for MBBS and BDS courses, will be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). NEET-UG replaced the All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) and all individual MBBS exams conducted by states or colleges themselves. However, many colleges and institutes have taken a stay order and conducted private examinations for admission to their MBBS and BDS courses. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences will be also be conducting its own separate examination. Other institutes such as the Armed Forces Medical College and Banaras Hindu University have opted to admit students on the basis of the NEET-UG. The first exam was held on 5 May 2013,[1] and the results were announced on 5 June 2013.[2]

Undergraduate courses at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, Jawarharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research JIPMER are outside the NEET’s purview, as these institutes were set up by separate laws.[3]

History

NEET was initially proposed to take place from 2012 onwards.[4] However, for several reasons, the CBSE & Medical Council of India deferred NEET by a year.[5] The test was announced by the Government of India and was held for the first time on 5 May 2013 across India for students seeking admission for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medicine.[6] But on 18 July 2013, SC gives the decision in favour of 115 pitition and cancel the NEET exam and announce that MCI can not interfare with the admission process done by colleges.

Following the announcement from the Medical Council of India that it would introduce the NEET-UG exam in 2012, several states including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, West Bengal & Tamil Nadu strongly opposed the change, stating that there was a huge variation in the syllabus proposed by the MCI & their state syllabi.[7] These states' representatives have also expressed their inability to accept the presentation of the NEET-UG in only English and Hindi. Students who wish the Test to be in their vernacular language may have this arranged.[8]

The Supreme Court of India quashed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions into all medical and dental colleges on 18 July 2013. The apex court ruled that the Medical Council of India cannot conduct a unified examination.[9]

According to a 2013 announcement by CBSE,[10] CBSE planned to conduct AIPMT on 4 May 2014.[11] The final decision on NEET UG was planned to be taken after the verdict of the Supreme Court of India.

The Central Board of Secondary Education announces the results and the All India Merit List for NEET-UG. The merit list and the wait-list are prepared as per the directives of the Supreme Court of India, DGHS, MCI and DCI. The results for 2013 were announced on 5 June.[2]

Syllabus

The Medical Council of India (MCI) announced the syllabus[12] for the NEET-UG in 2011. The syllabus had been initially published as a draft to invite feedback from other stakeholders. The syllabus for NEET-PG is the same as that of the MBBS course described in the MCI Regulations concerning Graduate Medical Education, 1997. The multiple choice questions (MCQs) will be based on the MBBS syllabus, as will the knowledge that needs to be acquired during the internship period, which is also described in said Regulations. The distribution of questions, model questions and method of tie breaking for ranking have been placed on the website, as well as in the Prospectus.[13]

NEET Undergraduate

The Undergraduate NEET exam was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, and held for the first time on 5 May 2013.[14][15][16] With regards to the marking, each correct answer achieves four marks, with one mark being deducted for every wrong answer.[17][18]

NEET Postgraduate

The Common Entrance Test (CET), also known as the NEET Postgraduate exam, is for admission to postgraduate medical courses across India. It was held online during 23 November – 6 December 2012.[19] The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will conduct a separate medical entrance test for MDS courses on 13 January 2013.[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - NEET UG, 2013". Central Board of Secondary Education.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - NEET UG, 2013 Results". Central Board of Secondary Education.
  3. ↑ http://entrance.icbse.com/neet/
  4. ↑ "NEET UG Likely to be Held in May 2012". careermitra.com. 26 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "NEET UG 2012 Cancelled – It’s Official". careermitra.com. 12 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "MCI rules out vernacular language medium for NEET". The Times Of India. 17 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "AP, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat Strongly Oppose NEET UG". careermitra.com. 1 November 2011.
  8. ↑ "Will MCI Consider Regional Languages?". careermitra.com. 7 November 2011.
  9. ↑ Supreme Court Quashes NEET
  10. ↑ http://cbse.nic.in/attach/Press%20Release_jammu_neet_2013.pdf
  11. ↑ "CBSE to conduct All India Pre Medical Entrance Test (AIPMT) on 04, May 2014*". careermitra.com.
  12. ↑ "Common Entrance Test Syllabus for Medical College Admissions". careermitra.com. 23 July 2011.
  13. ↑ The syllabus for the NEET-UG, Medical Council of India
  14. ↑ "First Neet on May 5, 2013 for MBBS". DECCAN Chronicle. 13 Sep 2013.
  15. ↑ National Eligibility cum-Entrance Test to roll out from 2013
  16. ↑ NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRANCE TEST-UG - Medical Council of India
  17. ↑ "Negative marks in NEET miff students". Times of India. 4 Dec 2012.
  18. ↑ "See number 36.". CBSE. Central Board of Secondary Education, India.
  19. ↑ "Maiden NEET PG to be held ONLINE during 23rd November – 6th December 2012". careermitra.com. 25 September 2012.
  20. ↑ "AIIMS NEET for MDS courses to be conducted on 12 Jan 2013". careermitra.com. 15 November 2012.

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