Decision on NEET UG 2021 exams soon: Education Ministry

The suspense over the medical entrance test NEET is expected to end soon. The Ministry of Education is likely to announce its decision on conducting  NEET is the only national-level medical entrance exam. It is held for admission of students in MBBS, BDS, BUMS, BHMS, BAMS, BSMS, etc. courses.

NEET UG News: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday announced the marks tabulation policy for the Class 12 board exams, which were cancelled on June 1 in view of the Covid19 situation.

CBSE informed the Supreme Court Thursday that marks for the theory component will be calculated according to a 40:30:30 based on the student’s performance in Classes 12, 11 and 10, respectively.For the practical and internal assessment component, the student will be assessed according to the actual marks submitted by the school to CBSE.

The schedule for the subsequent entrance examinations including NEETUG is expected to be decided soon.

As per the notification issued on March 12, 2021 by the National Testing Agency (NTA), the NEET UG 2021 is supposed to take place on August 1, 2021. However, since then there has been no official announcement on the same. Last year, initially, the NEET UG Exam was supposed to be held on May 3, 2021 which was postponed to July 26, 2020. Finally, the exam was held on September 13,2021.