NTA announces details for NEET 2020- Exam to be held once in pen and paper mode

New Delhi: NEET 2020,NEET,Through a Recent Notification, The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the schedule of Examination of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET 2020) 2020. The examinations will be conducted in different cities at All India level.

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET 2020 ) 2020 will be a Pen and Paper-based Exam. As per the tentative timelines for NEET released by the NTA Students can Register themselves for the exam from 2nd December to 31st December 2019. Candidates can download their Admit Cards on 27th March 2020. The tentative date of Examinations is 3rd May 2020 and the result of the Examinations will be announced on 4th June 2020.

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Under Graduate (NEET (UG)), succeeded from All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) is an entrance examination in India for students who wish to study undergraduate medical courses (MBBS) and dental courses (BDS) in government or private medical colleges and dental colleges in India. The undergraduate NEET (UG), for MBBS and BDS courses, is currently conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), which provides the results to the Directorate General of Health Services at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.Prior to 2019, the test was administered by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in partnership with Prometric Testing Pvt Ltd headquartered in the USA. NEET-UG replaced the All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) and all individual MBBS exams conducted by states or colleges themselves in 2013. However, many colleges and institutes had taken a stay order and conducted private examinations for admission to their MBBS and BDS courses.

Mode of Examination PEN & PAPER Based EXAMINATION

Registration Dates - 2nd to 31st December, 2019
Downloading of Admit Cards- 27th March, 2020
Dates of Examinations0-3 rd May, 2020
Date of Announcing Result- 4th June, 2020

The dates may change due to exigencies if any, the notice added

The details released by the NTA put an end to the speculation whether NEET was going to be held twice from this year. The NEET according to a government announcement by the Union Human Resource and Development minister, Prakash Javadekar will 2019 onwards made last year was to be conducted by the NTA, in the months of February and May. This is planned to be done to help medical aspirants improve their scores the same year, unlike in the previous case, where a year-long wait was in store if any aspirant failed to do well in the NEET annual exam conducted by the CBSE.

However, the Health Ministry then wrote to the HRD Ministry, raising concerns on conducting the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) twice a year as the examination calendar may put additional pressure on the students.

It has also voiced concern about the students living in the rural areas, who may suffer if the exam is conducted only in the online mode.

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