Medical Entrance Test

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to various Under Graduate (UG) and Post Graduate (PG) medical courses is mandatory in respect of medical colleges falling under the ambit of Medical Council of India (MCI) as per amendments made in MCI’s regulations which are binding in nature.

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has been identified as the agency for conducting NEET for UG and National Board of Examinations (NBE) for PG medical courses.

NBE is conducting NEET-PG during 23.11.2012 to 06.12.2012 on-line at 33 cities across the country while CBSE will conduct NEET-UG on 05.05.2013 in paper pencil mode at 83 cities in India and 2 cities abroad as multiple choice questions based tests. NEET-UG is also being conducted in six regional languages, viz. Gujarati, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Assamese in addition to Hindi and English.

This information was given by Minister for Health & Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on 7.12.12

Common Medical Entrance Test

The Medical Council of India (MCI) has notified amendment in its regulations to conduct common entrance test viz. National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to Under Graduate (UG) and Post Graduate (PG) medical courses in the country from 2013-14. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has been identified as the agency for conducting NEET for UG and National Board of Examinations (NBE) for PG medical courses.

Majority of States have accepted the proposal but few States have expressed apprehensions about the proposed NEET which pertained to syllabus, medium of test, reservation policy, etc. Most of the apprehensions have been addressed. The MCI’s regulations on NEET clearly indicate that the prevailing reservation policy of States would not be disturbed. Further, the NEET-UG will be conducted in six regional languages viz. Gujarati, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Assamese in addition to Hindi and English. Few medical colleges and State Governments have filed writ petitions in respective Hon’ble High Courts seeking exemption from NEET. More than 26 such writ petitions have been transferred to the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and the matter is sub-judice and any exclusion would depend upon the decision of Hon’ble Supreme Court in the pending transfer petitions.

This information was given by the Minister for Health & Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today on 23.11.12

NEET Exam

In order to bring transparency and streamline admission to Post Graduate medical and dental courses Government has decided to introduce a single entrance examination to be known as “The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)” from the next academic year i.e. 2013-2014.

The National Board of Examination (NBE) will conduct NEET-PG Test for admission to MD/MS/PG Diploma Course courses offered by all the Medical Colleges/Institutions coming under the ambit of the Medical Council of India. The first NEET-PG, for admissions in MD/MS/PG Diploma courses in 2013-14 will be held online by NBE from 23rd November to 6th December 2012 at various centres in 34 cities of the country. The details of NEET-PG for medical courses are available atwww.nbe.gov.in/neetpg.

The NEET-PG for dental courses will be conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), for admission in MDS courses offered by all the dental colleges/institution coming under the ambit of the Dental Council of India. AIIMS will notify the dates of the examination in due course of time.