The Central
Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) issued a notification on Friday, 9th Feb
2018 on NEET 2018 introducing some new requirements and changes:
Students
wanting to pursue MBBS or any other undergraduate medicine courses in foreign
universities will have to clear the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test
(NEET) from this year, 2018.
The
notification also bars students paying out of open schools from taking NEET.
This means students passing from National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) will
not be able to take the NEET 2018, to be conducted by the CBSE. Private
students passing out from other boards are also not allowed to take the NEET.
"The
ministry of health has decided that candidates who wish to pursue MBBS or BDS
from foreign medical colleges and foreign medical colleges need to qualify the
NEET," said the information bulletin issued by the CBSE.
The Medical
Council of India (MCI) which regulates medical education said the provision of
NEET qualification has been introduced to ensure that only meritorious students
go for medical education to foreign countries. According to one MCI sources,
"Indian students mostly go to former USER countries, China and the
Philippines. When they come back, they appear in an exam to be able to
practice. But less than 25% students qualify the exam to be able to medical
practice. The NEET qualification will ensure quality to some extent."
An NIOS
official said the students paying out of the institutions were allowed to take
NEET till last year. The MCI sources said the NIOS students, who pursue
education in the correspondence mode, did not have practical classes and so
could not be allowed to appear for the NEET (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance
Test).
As per the
CBSE notice to be eligible for NEET one needs to have studied physics,
chemistry, biology or bio-technology in the past two years of their 12 - year
schooling.
Some More Information about NEET
v The
state governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have decided to offer the 15%
all India quotas in medical colleges run by them. As the two states had earlier
not participated in the programme, students from these states could not apply
for admission under 15% quota in other states. Now that the two states have
decided to implement the reservation, medical aspirants from these two states
can apply for MBBS admission in colleges in other states under the all India
quota.
v The
CBSE will hold the NEET in English and other regional languages like - Hindi,
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
v The
results of NEET 2018 will be declared on 5th June 2018. NEET clearance is a
must for all students seeking to study MBBS, BDS, and undergraduate medicine in
India and abroad.
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