NEWS published in Aug 28, 2012 of DeccanChronical.
The Union health ministry, which approved the new “ONLINE” method on Monday, decided to conduct the exam in October or November this year.
Sources in the ministry disclosed that the file has already been sent for the approval of Union health minister and the final date of the test will be notified this week. Earlier, some senior health ministry officials has opposed thenew move to conduct common online test. They had advised that the old-pencil format should be used.
However, in a meeting held on Monday the new technique developed by the National Board of Examination (NBE) on the lines of IIM test-got the final approval.
The new method has been replicated from the IIM model-an “online test” format for the studentswhich they introduced three years back. The PG medical test will be conducted for all private and government medical colleges, barring All India Institute of Medical College (AIIMS), PGI Chandigarh and JIPMErPondicherry.
“These are autonomous institutes and and can conduct their own exams under the Act of Parliament. These institutes have been exempted from the common test,” said a senior official in the health ministry. AIIMS conduct PG exam for 50 per cent of the government seats on behalf of DGHS which comes to around 4,000 seats.
The NBE which is ready with the new system says that it offers flexibility for candidates to choose any date in the ten-day period for the test. Besides invigilators, CCTVs and biometric identification systems will also be put in place.
Tags: NBE, National board examination, neet, neet dental, common mds entrance exam, mds entrance exam 2013, mds entrance exam 2014, mds entrance exam pattern, mds entrance exam date, mds entrance exam schedule,
- Online NEET confirmed.
- Exam at End of the year, (official announcement of exam date pending).
- NBE will conduct the exam.
- Autonomous institutes not covered under NEET.
The Union health ministry, which approved the new “ONLINE” method on Monday, decided to conduct the exam in October or November this year.
Sources in the ministry disclosed that the file has already been sent for the approval of Union health minister and the final date of the test will be notified this week. Earlier, some senior health ministry officials has opposed thenew move to conduct common online test. They had advised that the old-pencil format should be used.
However, in a meeting held on Monday the new technique developed by the National Board of Examination (NBE) on the lines of IIM test-got the final approval.
The new method has been replicated from the IIM model-an “online test” format for the studentswhich they introduced three years back. The PG medical test will be conducted for all private and government medical colleges, barring All India Institute of Medical College (AIIMS), PGI Chandigarh and JIPMErPondicherry.
“These are autonomous institutes and and can conduct their own exams under the Act of Parliament. These institutes have been exempted from the common test,” said a senior official in the health ministry. AIIMS conduct PG exam for 50 per cent of the government seats on behalf of DGHS which comes to around 4,000 seats.
The NBE which is ready with the new system says that it offers flexibility for candidates to choose any date in the ten-day period for the test. Besides invigilators, CCTVs and biometric identification systems will also be put in place.
Tags: NBE, National board examination, neet, neet dental, common mds entrance exam, mds entrance exam 2013, mds entrance exam 2014, mds entrance exam pattern, mds entrance exam date, mds entrance exam schedule,
