New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has asked the Union health ministry through a written communication whether the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions to medical and dental colleges could be held online twice a year.
The NEET is currently conducted once annually and 1.3 million students took it this year.
“Students undergo an immense amount of stress preparing for these highly competitive exams. If the test can be conducted more than once a year, it would hugely lessen the pressure on them,” an official was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.
According to the official, any such move will need the ministry’s approval. “For NEET, the NTA is only the exam conducting body,” he said.
“The move to hold the test twice would bring relief to students. However, presently it is not easy to conduct a pen and paper twice as it requires much larger arrangements. The NTA has also suggested that the possibility of holding it in the online mode may be examined,” the official added.
However, the Joint Entrance Examination for admissions to engineering colleges will be conducted online four times next year.
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