NEET

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is eyeing to conduct the JEE (Main) exams at the end of July and August, and hold NEET-UG examination in September. The agency sources revealed this after the CBSE on May 23 proposed two options to conduct exams for class 12 students in August. "Everything rests on when the Class XII Board exams are conducted and in what format," said a government source. 

The Supreme Court has directed to reduce the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) cut-off for BDS admission in 2020-21 by 10 percentile. After the revised cut-off, now the percentile required for General Category stands at 40%, and for the SC/ ST/OBC and disabled candidates it dropped to 30% and 35% respectively. However, the court also rejected the Dental Council of India’s proposal of 20% cut-off. Earlier, the Centre had refused to… read-more

In what could be called as a sheer determination, a 64-year-old from Odisha has cleared NEET to pursue dreams. Retired in 2016, bank employee Jaya Kishore Pradhan had prepared for NEET since then. He got placed in Odisha's Vimsar after clearing NEET in 2020. Pradhan said, "I wish to provide free medical treatment to the poor.” Earlier in 2018, the Supreme court permitted aspirants above age 25 to appear for NEET.

Overcoming the obstacles, two dwarf sisters from Mumbai's Nagpada have qualified the NEET 2020 examination. The sisters - Zubaida and Humaira - have now taken admissions in Maharashtra-based medical colleges. Ashfaque Moosa of Khidmat Charitable Trust, who motivated the girls, made them aware of the ‘differently disabled’ category under which they could compete. Their mother Rukhsar has said she educated her daughters well since she could not… read-more

Tamil Nadu's ordinance which aims to provide reservation for Government school students in medical colleges, has been accorded the 'law' status after approval by the Governor. This will provide a reservation of 7.5% which results in almost 300 seats in medical colleges being reserved for students from government schools who clear NEET, the medical entrance exam. Reportedly, the law is applicable from this academic year itself.