Wednesday, November 2, 2016

NEET 2016: SC dismisses extension of admissions to vacant 5000 seats

Supreme Court (SC) dismissed the extension of NEET 2016 medical admission in vacant seats quashed as SC dismissed extension of medical admission. The apex court heard the case filed by Delhi based NGO Sankalp Charitable Trust demanding filing of vacant medical and dental seats across the country. The Supreme Court had earlier set September 30 as the deadline to fill up all the medical and dental seats. The last date of admission was revised to October 7 by the apex court.

Sankalp Charitable Trust, Delhi had filed a petition in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court bench dismissed the petition stating that it will not further extend the dates for filling the seats for this academic year. There are approximately 5000 seats will have been filled. The Supreme Court had earlier ordered for combined counselling for all unfilled medical seats in Maharashtra. This year, Maharashtra will use the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) as the qualifying examination for admission into the post-graduate diploma courses conducted by the College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS).

In 2017, NEET will be held in regional languages. The decision will be soon announced by the HRD ministry to expand the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act. It was also decided that the students’ concerns will be at the centrepoint of any decision taken on the national common entrance examination. The Central Board of Secondary Education will conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for admission to MBBS and BDS Courses in the academic session.

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test or NEET-UG is a 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 theCentral Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). NEET-UG replaced the All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT).

The 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. The National Eligibility Entrance Cum Test (NEET 2017 is scheduled to be conducted in the first week of May.

NEET PG 2017 is tentatively scheduled to be conducted from December 5th to December 13, 2016. The aspirants are required to note that the last date for applying for NEET PG registration extended. The last date for online registration and scheduling for NEET-PG 2017 has been extended upto November 7, 2016.

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