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NEET News: HRD Ministry to take U-turn on NEET Conduct in 2019

Update on: 10 Aug 2018, 03:31 PM

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The latest NEET News coming is that the exam may continue as an annual pen-and-paper test, at least till 2019. After just a month HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) will be conducted online and twice a year from 2019, the government is likely to take back its decision.

On July 6, Javadekar had announced that the newly formed NTA (National Testing Academy) would now conduct national-level entrance examinations โ€” NET, NEET, JEE (Mains) โ€” that were organised by the CBSE. Addressing the press conference, he released an examination calendar for 2019. According to which JEE(Main) would be held in January and April, NEET was supposed to be conducted in February and May and National Eligibility Test or NET would be conducted in December.

The other big thing of this NEET News is, it is also likely, the CBSE, and not the National Testing Agency or NTA, will conduct NEET even next year.

NEET News 2019
U-turn : The three major changes in NEET 2019

 

What lead to this U-turn?

These changes are due to the pressure built upon by Health Ministry, which fears an online (or computer-based) test would put students from rural and economically poor families at a disadvantage

The Health Ministry sent a letter to the HRD Ministry within three days stating that the public announcement on the NEET was made โ€œwithout formal consultationโ€ with them. The Health Ministry listed eight problems that it anticipated due to the changes being announced. Apart from concerns that a test in online mode would put poor and rural students at a disadvantage, the Health Ministry had a problem with the examination calendar announced for the NEET.

โ€œIt is proposed that the NTA would conduct exam in February and May. Typically, Class 12 students also appear in the Board exams during February-March period. This would suggest a continuous period of 4-5 months of exams for the students and may add to the pressure on students,โ€ the Health Ministryโ€™s letter states.

โ€œThe NTA would have to maintain a large question bank to cater to the proposed patter of exam. With 16 sessions in a year, the bank is likely to be depleted of novelty very early. A potential misuse could be coaching centres fielding dummy candidates in every session to note the questions asked in the exam,โ€ the letter also states.

Following this, a meeting was held between officers of the Health and HRD ministries. The latter is learnt to have agreed to maintain status quo, only for the NEET, till 2019.

MTGโ€™s take on this news

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