There is not any plan to conduct National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate programs twice a 12 months, union Health Ministry knowledgeable Lok Sabha on Friday.

“National Medical Commission (NMC) & National Testing Agency (NTA) have informed that there is no proposal to conduct NEET UG exams for providing two chances in a year,” Minister of State for Health and Family Wafare Bharati Pravan Pawar mentioned.

She was responding to BJP’s Ramesh Chand Bind who requested if the centre has plans to carry NEET twice just like the engineering entrance check JEE Main, and whether or not the federal government is planning to hod these exams by means of a single window.

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The minister mentioned NEET, which is now the one entrance check for medical admission within the nation, was a historic reform which is offering college students alternative to get entry to the most effective medical establishments.

“It has resulted in curbing malpractices in medical admission, greater transparency and reducing the burden on prospective students of appearing in multiple entrance exams,” she mentioned.

“NEET (UG) is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) & the syllabus is based on the syllabi of all the State Boards and National Boards,” Pawar added.