Monday, September 26, 2011

NEET UG Likely to be Held in May 2012

NEET for under-graduate medical admissions is likely to be held in the month of May 2012. MCI officials and state representatives of concerned authorities had a meeting last week on Friday 23, September 2011 and believed to have taken the decision to hold the common medical entrance test from 2012.
The decision is yet to be announced officially by the Medical Council of India (MCI) and CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education). As per a report “NEET will have 180 questions, comprising 45 each from physics, chemistry, botany and zoology. The test will be of 180 minutes duration with centres in all district headquarters”. – Source: Times of India.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

SC shuts doors on Sibal’s dream test

Faced with stiff opposition from the Health Ministry, Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal’s only hope to get his dream proposal of holding a common medical and engineering entrance test implemented through the Supreme Court ended on Friday.