NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRANCE TEST, NEET :

NEET 2019 Latest News & Notification:

☛ NEET 2019 would be conducted by the National Testing Agency, NTA as announced by HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar. NTA had planned NEET 2019 to be conducted in computer based format February 2019 and then again in May 2019.

☛ As for the pros and cons of the decisions, various experts feel that the transition would be a concern but computer based tests are the future. Many pointed out that with NEET being the single point examination for admissions to all undergraduate medical and dental seats, the logistic challenge of conducting the examination in online format were immense.

TENTATIVE DATES:

☛ NEET, which was earlier held once a year, will now be conducted twice a year from 2019, in February and April. Students can appear both the times in NEET and the best of the two scores would be taken in account for admission.

☛ According to reports, the new exam body will take into consideration the variation in difficulty levels in the two tests by using specialised standardisation techniques while determining the final score.

First phase

• Online submission of application forms: October 1 to October 31,2018

• Examination: February 3, 2019 to February 17, 2019

• Result: First week of March 2019

Second phase

• Online submission of application forms: Second week of March 2019

• Examination: May 12, 2019 to May 26, 2019

• Result: First week of June

LATEST NOTIFICATIONS:

• The conducting body of exam is the National Testing Agency (NTA), instead of CBSE.

• The exam will be held twice a year, in the months of February and May.

• The mode of conduction of NEET 2019 will be online only, as a Computer-Based-Test.

• Practice centres will be set up by the NTA for students in rural areas so that everyone will be able to participate in practice sessions.

• The practice centres will be kept open and any candidate will be able to access the facility free of cost.

• NEET 2019 aspirants will be able to appear in one or both the exams though it is not compulsory to appear in both.

• The sessions of NEET UG to be held in the months of February and May both will comprise eight sittings from which the candidates will be able to choose their exam day and slot.

• To equate the scores of both the sessions, standardization techniques, psychometric methods will be used. For admission purposes, the better score of the two will be considered.

• The NTA so far has not announced any change of syllabus, fees, eligibility or language.

• NEET 2019 will utilize IT software and encryption that is highly secured to ensure timely delivery of the tests.

• The manner of the tests will be highly scientific, developed jointly by the psychometricians and subject matter experts.

About NTA:

• NTA will be established as a Society registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860.

• The NTA would work as an autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organisation to conduct entrance examinations for higher educational institutions.

• It will be chaired by an educationist appointed by Human Resource Development Ministry.

• To serve the requirements of the rural students, NTA would locate the centres at sub-district/district level and as far as possible would undertake hands-on training exercise for the students.

• The NTA will be given a one-time grant of Rs 250 million (Rs 25 crore) from the government to start its operation in the first year and thereafter, it will be financially self-sustainable.

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