The result of the NEET entrance medical examination will be announced on October 16, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said on Monday. Students who were unable to take the exam due to a COVID-19 infection or due to containment zone restrictions will have the opportunity to appear on October 14.
“The DG_NTA will declare the results of #NEETUG 2020 on October 16, 2020. The exact timing of the results will be announced later. I wish the candidates all the best, ”Nishank tweeted.
The National Eligibility and Income Test was conducted on September 13 amid strict precautions against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Starting this year, admissions to the MBBS course at the 13th Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, Jawaharlal Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, will also be made through NEET following the amendment in Commission Act 2019 National Medical, approved by Parliament. last year.
The test was offered in 11 languages: English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Hate, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu this year. According to the initial report, more than 77% of applicants took the test in English, about 12% in Hindi, and 11% in other languages.
The exam was postponed twice due to the pandemic and the government decided to go ahead, despite opposition from a section, to mitigate any further academic losses.
The National Testing Agency had established strict standard operating procedures in light of the pandemic, including measures such as reducing the number of candidates per room from the previous 24 to 12.
The NTA had also increased the number of centers from 2,546 in 2019 to 3,862 this year to ensure crowd management and staggered entry and exit protocols. Unlike the Engineering Entrance (JEE), NEET-UG, the medical admission test, is a paper-and-pencil exam that is taken once a year.
Consequently, the NTA had switched centers for some candidates this week in compliance with social distancing rules and COVID restrictions. In many places, NTA also arranged buses and private vehicles to transfer candidates who arrived earlier to their assigned centers instead of the changed one.
While all candidates were asked to come to the examination centers with masks and disinfectants, once they entered the center, they were asked to wear the three-layer masks provided by the examination authority.
The NEET-UG was originally scheduled for May 3, but was postponed to July 26 and then scheduled for September 13.
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