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NEET 2018 likely to be held on May 10, 2018: All you need to know

Published 8 years ago

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on May 10, 2018. However, anofficial update from the board is awaited in this regard.

NEET 2017 was held on May 7 in 10 languages at 1921 exam centres in 103 cities. Further, a total of 11,38,890 students registered for the NEET 2017 including 1522 NRIs, 480 OCIs, 70 PIOs and 613 Foreigners.

Further, the NEET 2018 online application process will begin from January,2018.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is expected to come out with its online application process in January.

Students aged above 25 years can now appearfor exam:

Moreover, the Supreme Court has allowed candidates above 25 years to appearfor NEET examination.

NEET question paper will be same for allstates:

With a lot of controversies and protests across India over the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2017 question paper this year, the Union Human Resource Development minister Prakash Javadekar has said vernacular question papers for the NEET will be mere translation of the question paper in English.

Here's what the HRD minister said:

"The vernacular question papers for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) -- the all-India entrance examination formedical colleges -- will just be a translation of the question paper in English," Prakash Javadekar said.

Education qualification required:

The minimum qualification should be 12th (Senior Secondary) pass from the state board or from the recognized University. The subject in Class 12 must be Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology or any other elective subject with English.

Students must have secured minimum 50 per cent marks in PCB group for general candidates and 45 per cent (for general PH) and 40 per cent (for SC/ST/OBC categories).

Paper pattern:

With no major change announced in the paper pattern, it is expected that theexam will consist of 180 objective type questions Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology). The duration of the test would be of three hours.

Recent change announced in NEET:

The NEET-UG will be conducted in six additional languages from the commencing academic session 2017-18, said a statement released by the Union Health Ministry

The six languages in which the exams will be conducted are Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Telugu and Tamil, apart from the conventional English and Hindi

About NEET exam:

CBSE conducts the test as per the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 (amendedin 2016) and the Dentists Act 1948 (also amended in 2016).

The examination is held for admission to MBBS/BDS courses in India inmedical/dental colleges run with the approval of Medical Council of India/DentalCouncil of India under the ministry of health and family welfare, except forthe institutions established through an Act of Parliament ie AIIMS and JIPMER Puducherry.

( from: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/)