NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRANCE TEST-PG

The common entrance test (CET) for admission to Medical Post-graduate Courses across the country i.e. National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Medical Postgraduate Courses - MD/MS/Diploma (NEET-PG ) shall be held in Jan-Feb 2012 for admissions in the academic year 2012-2013. The syllabus is that of MBBS described in the MCI Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997. The multiple choice questions (MCQs) would be based on the MBBS syllabus as well as the knowledge that needs to be acquired during internship which is also described in the said Regulations.

MCI to conduct national level test for PG medical entrance

The Medical Council of India (MCI) will for the first time hold an All India level examination for admission in post-graduate medical courses across the country early next year. According to MCI, the syllabus for the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET-PG) will be that of MBBS and further information carrying relevant details in this regard would soon be put on its website. "The Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to Medical Post-graduate Courses across the country i.e. NEET-PG shall be held in Jan-Feb 2012 for admissions in the academic year 2012-2013," a notice issued by MCI said. "The Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) would be based on the MBBS syllabus as well as the knowledge that needs to be acquired during internship... The distribution of questions, model questions and method of tie breaking for ranking would be placed on the website in the due course," MCI said. The move assumes significance as MCI decision to hold a national level examination for admission in undergraduate and post-graduate courses was opposed by various stake holders. Whereas, several group of students had moved the Supreme Court supporting an All India level examination. After a brief legal battle, the apex court had in March this year held that the MCI will oversee the common entrance test each for undergraduate and postgraduate medical programmes following which the recent notification was issued. In general, an aspirant has to take over a dozen examinations for one medical seat despite facing problems like clash of dates and multiple fees. Various students' bodies have demanded single examination for PG medical entrance on the lines of All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE). Every year about 40,000 students are admitted to undergraduate programmes and some 19,000 for postgraduate courses, MCI officials said. As per official statistics, there are close to 300 private and government controlled medical colleges in the country.

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NEET task force committee Gujarat

The Medical Council of India (MCI) has invited suggestions from states till 11th August on what syllabus to incorporate for the higher secondary examinations and National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission in medical colleges.

For this the Gujarat state government has organised a six-member Task Force Committee to look into the new syllabus and exams process, which, if suitable, will be put into action from next year.

The committee will be chaired by Dr Bharat Shah, dean of BJ Medical College. The other committee members include experts from various subjects like Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

The committee will have to prepare and submit a report to the state Health Department.

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National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)

There will be only one common entrance test each for over 30,000 MBBS seats in all government and medical colleges in India from 2012.

Medical Council of India Said that an entrance Test for Undergraduate courses by the name of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) ( a single entrance Exam for admission to MBBS Courses) is going to be held in 2012 instead of various approximately seventeen MBBS Entrance Exams in India


The confusion caused by multiple entrance tests and counselling saw hundreds of students rush to the Supreme Court every year complaining about the system where they were left high and dry even for making a single mistake in their choices.

Earlier, students wanting to take up courses in medicine had to worry about attendant problems like clash of exam dates as well as travel to distant places for counselling for allotment of seats.

But from 2012, there will be just one entrance test each for MBBS course offered by all 271 medical colleges, 138 government-run and 133 under private management. These colleges together offer over 31,000 seats for MBBS courses.

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