NTA DG Vineet Josh said, “There is no direct clash of NEET with CBSE board exams, it will be held as scheduled on September 12."
Even as several sections of students are demanding the postponement of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET 2021 scheduled to be held on September 12, the National Testing Agency on Friday confirmed that NEET will not be postponed.
NTA DG Vineet Joshi, while speaking to India TV said, “There is no direct clash of NEET with CBSE board exams, it will be held as scheduled on September 12.” While talking about increasing the number of attempts, the NTA official said, “The decision regarding multiple attempts in NEET will be taken by the health ministry. As of now, there is no plan to increase the attempts of the medical entrance.”
The Ministry of Education also clarified that it is not possible to change the schedule as postponing the NEET-UG dates after September 12 will push it forward by at least 2 months due to logistical reasons.
The reason why students are demanding the postponement of NEET 2021 is that the medical entrance exam date is very close to that of other major exams such as the CBSE improvement exams, MHT CET 2021, Karnataka’s CoMEDK exam, Odisha JEE, and MP Class 12 improvement exams.
According to students, it will be difficult for them to move around various exam centres as the NEET 2021 dates are clashing with the CBSE Class 12 improvement and compartment exams that will be conducted between August 25 and September 15. The CBSE Maths paper is also scheduled for September 13.
The ICAR AIEEA 2021 UG (for BSc admissions) exams are scheduled for September 7, 8, 13. This is just a day after the NEET 2021 exams to be held on September 12. The MHT CET is scheduled for September September 4–20.
The Karnataka CoMEDK will be held on September 14. The Odisha JEE is scheduled to be conducted from September 6 to 18.
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