Tag: Neet

Bhubaneswar: Expressing concern over the restriction on number of attempts for National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG), chief minister Naveen Patnaik today wrote to Union Health minister Jagat Prakash Nadda seeking his intervention to remove the restriction. “It is surprising to note that before taking such an important decision, which will decide the future of […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced new rules for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) scheduled to be held on May 7 this year. Talking to media persons here today, chairman of Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) Tushar Kumar Nath said the students can apply online on the newly created […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention for inclusion of Odia language as a medium of examination in the prestigious National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for medical courses. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Patnaik urged to include Odia language in the NEET for the larger interest of […]

BJD Rajya Sabha MP Dilip Tirkey has demanded deferment of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission into medical courses this year

Bhubaneswar: As many as 30,000 students from Odisha appeared in the first phase of National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET-I) conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday. About 6, 50, 000 students appeared in the entrance test, which is being conducted across the country as per the directive of the Supreme Court. […]

Bhubaneswar: Nearly 30,000 students from Odisha will appear in the first phase National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET-I) on Sunday.

Educationists and students of Odisha hailed the Supreme Court’s revocation of its 2013 order while allowing private colleges across the country to take in students for MBBS and BDS courses on the basis of entrance tests conducted under the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)

Registrations for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) UG-2021 have already kicked off and will be conducted till August 6.

New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on Tuesday announced the schedule for various entrance examinations till May 2019 to be conducted by the newly-established National Testing Agency (NTA). It announced the schedule for UGC-NET, JEE-Main I & II, CMAT & GPAT, and NEET-UG. All these exams will be computer-based except for NEET, […]

Hyderabad: A 18-year-old girl jumped to death from a building here on Tuesday allegedly after failing to get a good rank in the NEET exam, police said. The girl, identified as Jasleen Kaur, jumped from top of the 10-storey shopping complex in the busy Abids area in the heart of the city. A police officer […]

Chennai: Political parties and student organisations in Tamil Nadu held protests and shouted slogans against the state and central governments on Saturday following the suicide of 17-year-old Dalit student S. Anitha, who had spearheaded the fight against the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical colleges. In the state capital here, Dalit party VCK and […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Madras High Court order restraining the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) from declaring the result of NEET 2017 for under graduate medical courses. Permitting the board to declare the results and go ahead with consequential steps including counselling and admissions, the vacation bench of Justice […]

Kannur/Thiruvananthapuram: Four women teachers who are believed to have asked a girl to remove her top innerwear before entering the classroom to write the NEET entrance exam at a school near Kannur have been suspended for a month by the school authorities. The state police is to probe the incident, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. […]

Kannur: In a shocking incident, a female candidate who appeared at a NEET centre here on Sunday claimed she had to remove her innerwear before sitting for the entrance test. Other women candidates too faced a harrowing experience due to a strict dress code in force. The anguished candidate told media persons after attempting the […]

New Delhi: With a record over 11 lakh students registering for the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate medical course, the CBSE on Friday announced 23 more new examination cities taking the total number to 103. As against over 8.02 lakh candidates in 2016, this year, the number of candidates registering for […]