NEET to be held only once this year: Pokhriyal
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New Delhi:16.03.2021
Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of holding the National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) twice this year and told Parliament that the exam will be conducted only once as always.
The National Testing Agency (NTA last week announced that NEET, for admission to undergraduate medical courses, will be held on August 1 this year in the usual pen and paper mode. Registration for the exam is likely to commence from March18.
“The NTA under the ministry of education conducts NEET-UG for undergraduate programmes in medical sciences, in consultation with the ministry of health and family welfare. In 2021, NEET (UG) will be conducted by NTA only one time,” Pokhriyal told Lok Sabha in reply to a question.
He, however, did not comment whether it will be conducted twice a year later.
Demand for conducting NEET-UG twice a year began after the MoE decided to hold engineering entrance exam— JEE (Main)— four times a year from this year.
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