New Delhi: The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical colleges across the country could be held twice in a year from 2021.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is actively considering the proposal following requests from a large segment of the student community, Indian Express has reported.
The National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the test, said it is awaiting the approval of the Health Ministry before finalising the plan.
“NEET will be held twice in a calendar year like the JEE-Main. There has been a persistent demand both from the student and teachers for this,” NTA director Vineet Joshi said.
Recently, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had announced that admission to AIIMS will also be conducted through the NEET. This has led to an increased demand to hold NEET twice and in the same format JEE-Main is conducted, the newspaper said.
Benefits of holding NEET twice:
The twice a year model will help the students to pace their studies and have an opportunity to appear again for putting a better performance without wasting a year.
The best of the two exam scores will be taken into consideration for preparing the merit list.
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