NEET-SS 2021: Centre Postpones Exam To January; Defends Pattern Change

New Delhi: The Centre told the Supreme Court that it has deferred the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) PG Super Speciality exam to January 11-12, 2022.

The decision is to ensure that candidates get enough time for preparation in view of the changed exam pattern, the Centre said.

“All the authorities in participation in the above-mentioned meetings, while coming to the above-mentioned conclusion had also felt and observed that candidates must not feel that they have not been extended sufficient time to prepare for the examination under the revised scheme.. In the circumstances it was decided that NEET-SS be deferred by a period of two months and be held on January 10-11, 2022 so as to provide ample time to all of them for their preparation for the entrance examination under the revised scheme,” the affidavit filed by the Centre before the top court was quoted as saying by Bar and Bench.

In the affidavit, the Centre said that the decision to make changes to the exam pattern was made so that the seats do not go unfilled.

“On the basis of the experience in the past resulting into a significant number of precious super speciality medical courses seats remaining unfilled and going waste, the examination pattern has been modified, whereby it is reasonably expected that more number of these seats will get filled up and the wastage would be minimized,” read the affidavit.

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