NBE announces new NEET PG exam dates, two weeks after postponing them

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The National Board of Examinations (NBE) has decided to hold the NEET PG exam on August 11. The exam will be conducted in two shifts

The National Board of Examinations (NBE) in Medical Sciences on Friday (July 5) said that the NEET-PG entrance examination will be held on August 11 in two shifts. 

“In continuation of NBEMS notice dated 22.06.2024, the conduct of NEET-PG 2024 has been rescheduled. The NEET-PG shall now be conducted on 11th August 2024 in two shifts. The cut-off date for the purpose of eligibility to appear in the NEET-PG 2024 shall continue to be 15th August 2024,” said the board, in a notification. 

The Central government on June 22 decided to postpone the NEET-PG examination as a “precautionary measure”.

Ministry to carry out assessment of exam process

The ministry said that it will carry out a thorough assessment of the robustness of the processes through which the NEET-PG will be conducted by the NBEMS, along with its technical partner TCS for medical students.

“Taking into consideration, the recent incidents of allegations regarding the integrity of certain competitive examinations, the Ministry of Health has decided to undertake a thorough assessment of the robustness of processes of NEET-PG Entrance Examination, conducted by the National Board of Examination for medical students,” stated the Ministry of Health, in a statement. 

The NEET-PG entrance examination is held nationwide for admission of children to all MBBS DNB courses, post MBBS direct 6-year DNB courses and NBEMS diploma courses which are available in medical colleges throughout the the country.

Earlier, the NEET-PG exam was postponed hours before it was about to start when it was embroiled in a row over alleged irregularities, which included a leak of papers for the UG (undergraduate) exam.

Watch: NEET paper leak scam: CBI raids apartment in Kolkata

After the exam was scrapped, in which lakhs of aspiring medical professionals had to appear, led to furious protests from students, especially those who had travelled from afar to appear in the exam.

The minister had last month said that NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams had suffered from possible indiscretions like question papers being sold on the darknet, as was alleged by the students which also highlighted how the National Testing Agency has been conducting both tests.

Meanwhile, in an affidavit filed by the Centre before the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Education said that NEET-UG 2024 should not be scrapped and re-conducted because it will seriously jeopardise” the lakhs of honest candidates who gave the exam. 

“It is also submitted that at the same time, in the absence of any proof of any large-scale breach of confidentiality in a pan-India examination, it would not be rational to scrap the entire examination and the results already declared,” the Centre stated.

(With inputs from agencies)

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