Thursday, October 25, 2012

Ushering in NEET

Will the proposed national single entrance test prove beneficial to students?

The year 2013 will be marked as a significant one in the country’s higher education scenario with a landmark change kicking in — the national common entrance examination. Instead of multiple examinations for admissions to different colleges by way of each State conducting one for government seats, and in some States private associations conducting one for management seats, in addition to large private universities conducting their own entrance tests, the entire country will have a single exam.
The new system, aimed at streamlining the admission process to professional courses in the country, will begin with the medical stream. Amidst stiff opposition from various quarters, especially private institutions, to the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), the process for the common test for postgraduate (PG) medical admissions has already begun.
The NEET-PG for admissions to PG medical seats will be conducted over 10 days between November 23 and December 6 at 47 test centres across 33 cities. This will be seen as a precursor to the undergraduate (UG) NEET which is scheduled to debut next year following a Supreme Court directive.

Loopholes

However, as expected out of any new model, the NEET-PG is already faced with a volley of complaints. First, the overwhelming number of registrations rattled the testing service provider, Prometric. As many as 38,000 registrations were recorded on the first day for the new qualifying-cum-entrance examination conducted by the National Board of Examination). The overwhelming response prompted Prometric to release additional seats in all locations on the first day of registration.
Another glaring loophole popped up right on the first day. The common exam, expected to reduce inconvenience for students who had to travel from one city to another to write multiple exams, had not eliminated the problem. Due to the large number of registrations, entries for exam centres were filled up soon after the registration window opened.
For example, a PG medical seat aspirant in Bangalore complained of all exam centres in the city being full on Day-1 itself. He got allotted a centre in distant New Delhi. “I have to spend Rs. 10,000 on the flight ticket now,” he rued. Similar cases were reported from across the country.
To add to the confusion, candidates are allowed to register only once and there will be no option to change the test location, date or time after they have completed their online registration process. Candidates have time till November 12 to complete their registration.

NEET-UG

Observers are watching carefully how the NEET-PG pans out as it will be a small sample of how the NEET-UG will be conducted next year. The latter is expected to be a bigger challenge due to the huge number of undergraduate applicants. Moreover, States like Karnataka have made certain requests to the Council of Boards of School Education in India (COBSE), New Delhi, among which are adhering to the difficulty level in portions followed for the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (K-CET) and making the exam bilingual (in English and Kannada to cater to the rural students as well).

Engineering to wait?

Meanwhile, the common exam for engineering courses — the Indian Science Engineering Eligibility Test (ISEET) — may have to wait. Karnataka, for one, has decided to stick to K-CET till 2015 for engineering admissions.

Resources : http://www.thehindu.com/education/issues/ushering-in-neet/article3999148.ece

Political parties to benefit by opposing to NEET

Politics strictly has nothing to do with Education, however when it comes to opposing certain educational reforms the political parties are the first to point out. The student community who taught they would benefit from having common entrance tests are becoming victims of confusion created by individuals who seek personal benefits.

The Medical Council of India (MCI) an apex body which monitors medical education in the country faced severe opposition when it announced National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate & postgraduate medical courses. Both NEET-UG & NEET-PG were supposed to be held for admissions in the academic year 2012-2013, however due to strong objection raised by several states including Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal & Maharashtra a notification deferring NEET-UG has been announced by CBSE.

The same may be repeated this time too, Andhra Pradesh has obtained a stay order over NEET-UG and Tamil Nadu claims pending petition in the Supreme Court over NEET-UG. Tamil Nadu chief minister earlier written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to exempt it’s state’s student from NEET-UG, recently DMK Chief Karuna Nidhi too entertained the idea of opting out it’s state from the Medical CET.

Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Orissa & Bihar are against to NEET-UG. The uncertainty on whether NEET-UG is taking place in all states are not is yet to be resolved. The MCI has gone ahead and inivted applications for NEET-PG a medical test for postgraduate medical courses all over India.

Resources : http://blog.careermitra.com/2012/10/political-parties-benefit-opposing-neet/

NEET PG 2013 Testing Centres & Test Day Increased

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has notified National Board of Examinations (NBE), New Delhi for conducting the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for Postgraduate (PG) Courses commencing in the session 2013.

NBE shall be conducting NEET-PG as a Computer Based Test (CBT) from November 23rd, 2012 to December 6th, 2012. NEET-PG is a mandatory test for gaining entry to MD/MS/PG Diploma Courses at all medical colleges under ambit of PGME Regulation of MCI.

The number of testing centres for NEET PG 2013 has been increased and additional session has been added to the schedule.

It is hereby informed that the NEET-PG scheduled to be conducted from 23rd November to 6th December 2012 will now also be conducted on 24th November 2012 (which was earlier a non-testing day).
According to the National Board of Examination (NBE), New Delhi the number of testing centres has also been increased to 50 across 33 cities.

According to NBE, candidates can have a practical test, which was previously uploaded in the official website of the NEET. The practice test is a sample computer based test is intended to familiarise the candidates with the navigation and functionality of NEET PG. Besides sample questions the practice test also include a tutorial on using the various features of the test like moving between screens, selecting, re-selecting, marking and reviewing responses, etc.

Resources : http://education.oneindia.in/news/2012/10/23/neet-pg-2013-testing-centres-and-test-day-increased-003089.html

Friday, October 12, 2012

NEET PG 2013: Test Day Documentary Requirements


The National Board of Examinations (NBE), New Delhi announces the verification of the provisional registration with state Medical Council / Medical Council of India for the test day documentary requirements.NBE is conducting the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for Postgraduate (PG) Courses from November 23rd, 2012 to December 6th, 2012 at test centres located at 33 cities across the country.
Over 38,000 aspirants have completed their online registration within the first day of opening the registration window for the NEET PG 2013. The online registration started on Thursday and will continue till Nov 12, 2012.
The document required for the registration:
  • In terms of the eligibility criteria for appearing in NEET-PG scheduled for 23rd November - 6th December 2012 all applicant candidates are hereby informed that they are required to produce their original certificate of provisional /permanent registration with the State Medical Council (SMC)/ Medical Council of India (MCI) at the test centre before appearing in the NEET-PG (on the date of their scheduled test day). This is in addition to the production of an original and Valid ID as PAN CARD/Voters Regn. ID Card/Aadhar Card/Passport/Driving License on test day as indicated in information bulletin.
  • Candidates are required to bring the original SMC/MCI certificate along with a clear photocopy of the same. This photocopy shall be retained at the test centre after verifying the original certificate.
  • Candidates who do not produce their provisional /permanent registration certificate with State Medical Council /Medical Council of India will not be allowed to appear in the NEET-PG under any circumstances. In case the certificate of provisional registration has been deposited with the MCI/SMC, an acknowledgement/receipt of the same with photocopy of certificate is required to be produced.
  • Candidates who have incorrectly filled in their status of registration with the State Medical Council /Medical Council of India at the time of registration for NEET-PG may be debarred from appearing in future examinations.
Test Day Documentary Requirements:
  • Provisional / Permanent Certificate of Registration of MCI/SMC in original (plus a photocopy).
  • one original & valid ID document namely PAN CARD/Voters Regn. ID Card/Aadhar Card/Passport/Driving License.
  • Admit Card with attested photo of candidate.
Contact Details:
National Board of Examinations,
Medical Enclave, Ansari Nagar,
Mahatma Gandhi Marg (Ring Road),
New Delhi - 110029.
Tel: 0124 - 4517187.

Resources : http://m.oneindia.in/education/news/2012/10/11/neet-pg-2013-test-day-documentary-requirements-002975.html

More NEET-PG seats

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

For an entrance test, Bangalore doctor must travel 2,000km

Sruthy Susan Ullas, TNN Oct 9, 2012, 06.40AM IST

BANGALORE: Medical students aiming for higher education through the national entrance test found themselves in a tizzy with some of them getting exam centres as far as 2,000km away. In some extreme cases, the website couldn't handle the load, and it went on the blink.

The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for post-graduate courses (NEET-PG), introduced to rationalize entry to higher education in medicine, will be held between November 23 and December 6 at select test centres in 33 cities across the country for 2013 admissions.

Prometric India, which provides technical support to conduct online exams, denied suggestions of NEET-PG website crash and cited 64,000 registrations till Saturday. The registrations began on Friday. Some students said unavailable vouchers at a few centres created chaos.
Hundreds of students now have to factor in the logistics of long-haul travel. A Bangalore student on Saturday was given the option of taking the exam at Gurgaon, Delhi or Punjab. "I've an exam in Bangalore on Nov 20. Three days later, I must write NEET in Gurgaon. Either I need to fly or look for a centre closer home. The tension is driving me crazy," she said.

Rush begins for medical test

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
 
With the state government deciding not to conduct the MBBS entrance exam through WBJEE and opt for the single window medical entrance test, titled Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test by the Centre, the rush among MBBS passouts to get enrolled in NEET for postgraduate courses has begun. Over 69,000 candidates have already completed their online registration and scheduling process since the registration window for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduates (NEET-PG) opened on October 4.

Prometric, the test development and delivery solutions provider, which conducts the Common Admission Test (CAT), would also conduct the NEET-PG. The registration and scheduling website offers realtime scheduling for all candidates. Thousands of candidates have been enrolling from 47 test centres across 33 cities.

More seats added to NEET-PG

From 38,000 registrations on the first day, the number of registrations for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduates (NEET-PG) by the end of Monday evening reached 69,000, according to testing services provider Prometric. The overwhelming response prompted Prometric to release additional seats in all locations on the first day of registration.

The NEET-PG for admissions to PG medical seats will be conducted over 10 days between November 23 and December 6 at 47 test centres across 33 cities. In a release here on Tuesday, Prometric India managing director Soumitra Roy said: “The registration and scheduling website offers real-time scheduling for all candidates. At any one time, thousands of candidates are selecting from 47 test centres in 33 cities, 10 testing days and two sessions per day. The system needs time to display available sessions based on the candidate’s selection, process each request, and update the inventory simultaneously.”

Candidates have been asked to keep in mind that they are allowed to register only once. They have time till November 12 to complete registration.

Resources : http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/more-seats-added-to-neetpg/article3983012.ece

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Mumbai: 69k sign up for National-Eligibility-Cum- Entrance Test for postgraduate

 

MUMBAI: Around 69,000 candidates have registered for the first National-Eligibility-Cum- Entrance Test for postgraduates (NEET-PG) in the first four days.

Glitches in registration for exam leave candidates worried

Examination centres in the State were filled within minutes after the registration opened online.
Glitches in the registration process for Postgraduate medical entrance tests have left many candidates worried. Exam centres within Kerala and neighbouring States for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduates (NEET-PG) were reportedly filled only minutes after the window for the national online exam opened last Thursday. 

The candidates, who may now need to travel to faraway places to take the test, have urged the government to resolve the serious lapses in the registration process. 

The father of a PG aspirant in the city told The Hindu that his son was allotted a centre in Gurgaon. Expressing strong displeasure over the lapses in the registration process, he said the government should allow registered candidates (who were allotted centres outside the State) to apply again in centres within the State. The stance taken by the exam authorities that such a chance could not be given was against the interests of the candidates, he said. 

According to the procedure to register for NEET, candidates had to first pay the examination fee at an Axis bank branch and then register for the examination online, using the voucher given to them by the bank. The website for registration was inaccessible for most candidates in the city as the servers were down due to overload. 

An aspirant said she had reached the bank to pay the fee almost three hours before the beginning of banking hours on the first day of registration. “But I could not register, as the website had crashed hours after the window was opened for registration. There was no centre in the State and nearby States by the afternoon when I could register for the exam. I have a baby and am still worried about how to travel to the centre in New Delhi where I have to take the exam,” she said. 

The NEET-PG exam registration is being held from October 4 to November 12. The examination dates are from November 23 to December 6. 

Testing company Prometric, which is responsible for the online registration of candidates and also for the conduct of the examination, said some waiting time could be expected depending on the candidates’ Internet connection speed and the number of candidates accessing the registration system.
Availability was on a first come, first served basis, and all candidates should select the best available exam slot, register and complete their sessions as quickly as possible, the company said in a release.

Medical pupils seek re-registration for nearer centres

Yogita Rao, TNN Oct 7, 2012, 01.42AM IST

MUMBAI: With several city medical students getting centres for the first ever National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for post-graduation courses in far-off places in the north, students who applied on the first day of registration are now seeking re-registration. Students claim they were not informed about the possibility of seats being increased at centres where there are a lot of transactions. However, the testing agency claimed that re-registration will not be possible.

A press release issued by Prometric said that students were informed about the increase in the number of seats when the demand is more. An aspirant said, "One of my friends told me that the organizers of the exam mentioned on a social networking site that they would increase the capacity in areas with heavy demand. The only message we got on the registration site on selecting Mumbai as the centre was that the seats are full."

Another student said, "The organizers should not have claimed the seat allocation was on a first-come-first- served basis. If we had any inclination that they would increase the number of seats later, we would not have hurried to pick a centre."
The first NEET PG is being conducted by the National Board of Examination and Prometric India is providing the technical support. Soumitra Roy, MD, Prometric India said, "NBE has said that candidates are allowed to register only once for NEET-PG. Prometric does not have a Twitter account. We are adding seats where feasible, based on the demand." On the first day of test registration, 38,000 candidates registered.

Monday, October 8, 2012

NEET-PG from November 23

The National Board of Examination has invited applications for the first National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Medical Postgraduate (NEET-PG) Programmes in government and other medical colleges in the country.
Applications may be submitted till November 12. The computer-based test, to be held from November 23 to December 6 at 33 centres, is mandatory for admission to MD, MS and postgraduate diploma courses at medical colleges under the Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations of the Medical Council of India. Those with an MBBS degree and those likely to complete the internship on or before March 31 and having Medical Council registration may register online for the test on www.nbe.gov.in/neetpg. For details, visit www.nbe.gov.in/neetpg or call (0124) 451 7187.

Aviation training

The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi of the Union Government has invited applications for an entrance test to be held in Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai on December 9 for admission to the Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) course. The 18-month course will cover ground and flying training for issue of the CPL with multi-engine endorsement and instrument rating on multi-engine aircraft.Application forms and details can be downloaded from www.igrua.gov.in. The filled applications should be sent, along with a demand draft for the non-refundable application fee of Rs. 6,000, in favour of the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi drawn on any nationalised or scheduled bank payable at Rae Bareli, to the Director, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, Fursatganj Airfield, CSJM Nagar, Uttar Pradesh-229 302 so as to reach there on or before October 22. For details, visit the website www.igrua.gov.in.

Sources : http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-educationplus/neetpg-from-november-23/article3975769.ece

State to streamline medical PG admissions

The state government is all set to modify and bring out a new prospectus for streamlining the medical PG course admission procedure, against the backdrop of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) conducted by the National Board of Examinations. As 50 per cent of the seats will be filled by the state, the reservation and other policies of the state will be incorporated in the admission procedures.

The counselling and admission will be conducted by the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations.
“The National Board of Examinations will give the raw score of NEET. The admission and counselling will be conducted by the state based on the new procedure.

The prospectus will be prepared by the Director of Medical Education (DME) and the Commissioner of Entrance Examination will conduct the admission procedures as per the guidelines laid down by the DME,” said health secretary Rajeev Sadanandan.

Regarding the confusion in the online registration for PG admissions, he said that the procedure will be streamlined soon.

The government has sought more slots for those who were not able to register. Regarding the options for those who have registered in far-off centres, the Minister said that he will have to look closely at it.
“The process will be streamlined soon just as in the case of CAT,” he said.

The candidates had complained that they were unable to register online after sitting for hours before the computer and most of them could not get the desired centres in the state or anywhere nearby.
More slots for UG course

The flaws noticed for online registration for NEET PG, which is first of its kind, can be rectified for the UG medical entrance registration.

 The CBSE is conducting the examination and more centres and slots will be sought as the number of candidates would be more, said Dr V Geetha, Director of Medical Education.

Sources : http://ibnlive.in.com/news/state-to-streamline-medical-pg-admissions/298894-60-122.html

For PG entrance test, city doc must travel 2,000km



BANGALORE: Medical students aiming for higher education through the national entrance test found themselves in a tizzy with some of them getting exam centres as far as 2,000km away. In some extreme cases, the website couldn't handle the load, and it went on the blink. 

The National Eligibilitycum-Entrance Test for postgraduate courses (NEETPG ), introduced to rationalize entry to higher education in medicine, will be held between November 23 and December 6 at select test centres in 33 cities across the country for 2013 admissions. 


Prometric India, which provides technical support to conduct online exams, denied suggestions of NEETPG website crash and cited 64,000 registrations till Saturday . The registrations began on Friday. Some students said unavailable vouchers at a few centres created chaos. 


Hundreds of students now have to factor in the logistics of long-haul travel. A Bangalore student on Saturday was given the option of taking the exam at Gurgaon, Delhi or Punjab. "I've an exam in Bangalore on Nov 20. Three days later, I must write NEET in Gurgaon. Either I need to fly or look for a centre closer home. The tension is driving me crazy," she said. NEET-PG objectives defeated, say aspirants .

Sunday, October 7, 2012

NEET will give students access to more seats

Introduction of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), would only benefit the state students by giving them access to admission in national-level institutions and also to seats available under the all-India quota, Medical Education Minister S A Ramdas said.

“The students who would face NEET UG, need not to attend other competitive examinations for seeking admissions into various other private institutions including that of COMED-K in the state,” he told reporters.
By appearing for NEET, the students in Karnataka would be awarded national-level ranking by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). And with this ranking they would also be eligible to seek admissions in national institutions, except All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi and Jawaharlal Institute of PG Medical education and Research in Puducherry.

He said that the notification for NEET UG courses would be issued by the CBSE shortly.
It will also helps the state students to garner more number of seats available from the all-India quota of 15 per cent, he said.

Informing that the mandate of the CBSE is only to prepare question papers and award both national and state-level rankings, the minister said that the rest of the tasks would be assigned to the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) including seat allocation as per the reservation policy of the state.
While admitting that there are gaps to be bridged as for as the curriculum between CBSE and state syllabus are concerned, Ramdas said that to overcome this, instructions have been given to KEA to go ahead through TV channel teaching, website programming, hold mock test and utilising the services of expert teachers. “Over 160 hours of coaching would be provided by expert teachers,” he said.

Informing that many of the students in Karnataka are rural-based and are studying in Kannada medium, he said that he has written a letter to the chairman of CBSE, appealing him to maintain the CET standard of questions for NEET next year. “I have also appealed the CBSE to provide Kannada version question paper of NEET 2013,” the minister added.

Informing that the CBSE has identified three centres, Bangalore, Mangalore and Hubli to conduct UG exams, the minister said that and he has also appealed CBSE board to increase the number of centres from three to seven at Mysore, Gulbarga, Belgaum and Shimoga.

He said that as many as 87,000 students among the 1,26,000 are expected to attend the NEET-2013 from over 700 pre-university science colleges in the state. “All supports will be given to the students especially the rural students to face NEET 2013,” the minister assured.

He also informed that the government would offer a walk-in-interview to fill 181 seats, including 33 in government colleges teaching Ayurveda, Unani, Naturopathy and Yoga which remained vacant during 2012-13 counseling in the state. “Shortly, a notification would be issued on the matter” he said.

Sources : http://ibnlive.in.com/news/neet-will-give-students-access-to-more-seats/298074-60-115.html

Saturday, October 6, 2012

JK keeps options open despite constitutional protection

Despite having special constitutional protection, Jammu and Kashmir government was yet to take a firm stand about its participation in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Undergraduate (NEET-UG) and Postgraduate (NEET-PG) medical courses, which have been notified for commencement from 2013-14.
 Sources in the Medical Education Department revealed that though the state government has decided not to participate in the common medial entrance examination being conducted in November this year, it has delayed a final decision over the issue and instead has decided to constitute a committee to look into the matter.

 The notification on the official website for NEET, established by the Medical Council of India, has added to the confusion of the state aspirants as available seats in Government Medical Colleges of Srinagar and Jammu have been displayed despite the fact that the state has not given its consent. Mover, the MCI has also established an examination center in Jammu for the upcoming test.

 “We have decided not to participate in the examination this year. We made it clear to the union ministry that inclusion of Jammu and Kashmir is such a test may be seen as an erosion of Article 370, under which only the students from the state can be admitted in various professional courses being offered by the state government”, a senior official in the department said.
 He added that it was, however, surprising that the department has not made things clear and instead has deferred the final decision over the issue. “Under any circumstances if the state participate in the national test the students from Jammu and Kashmir will be the major sufferers”, official, on the condition of anonymity said.

 “There are apprehensions that if government decides to participate in the test in next session, the seats in state run medical colleges will go into the hands of students from other states, thus eroding the sanctity of Article 370” sources said, adding that it was only due to the constitutional protection that no medical colleges of Jammu and Kashmir was allowing admission to non state subjects.

 When contacted, Commissioner Secretary of Health and Medical Education, MK Dewedi confirmed that a final decision was yet to be taken as the department has not closed the option to participate in the common entrance test.

 He said that a committee of experts will be constituted to deliberate various aspects and intricacies of the issue.

 He said that the Committee will submit its report to the department, which will place it before the cabinet for a final decision.

 Sources, meanwhile, disclosed that this year the medical exam for Post Graduate seats in state would be conducted by J&K Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPE) and would be held as per previous schedule in the month of February.

  “At all India level, the notification for conducting of PG medical exam, has been issued and applications from all the states except J&K, have been asked to apply online, till November 12, while the tentative date for the conduct of exam will be in December” sources said.

Sources : http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/Oct/6/jk-keeps-options-open-despite-constitutional-protection-40.asp

NEET is not so neat, say students

As many as 38,000 candidates registered themselves online within the first 24 hours for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduates (NEET-PG), according to data made available by Prometric, the provider of testing services for the exam. The registration window for the national online exam opened on Thursday and will close on November 12.
The new qualifying-cum-entrance examination will be conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE) between November 23 and December 6 at selected test centres in 33 cities. The single, mandatory test for admissions to PG medical courses will be online. 

Not without problems
But complaints have already started pouring in from candidates. The father of a PG seat aspirant expressed his dissatisfaction with the entire process. When he logged on to register for his son’s exam centre, he was shocked to find that all the centres in Bangalore were full on the very first day.
“There were no centres in Bangalore when I logged in. Now my son has to travel to New Delhi to take this exam and I have to spend Rs.10,000 on airfare.” 

Tight schedules
Another PG medical seat aspirant spoke about the tight schedule as other entrance exams were lined up around the same time. He said: “The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) exam is on November 18, Diplomate of National Board (DNB) exam is from November 17 to 20. The NEET exam is scheduled between November 23 and December 6. As the exams have been advanced, our entire study schedule is affected.” 

Students also said that the website crashed by Thursday afternoon. Although all the centres were full by Thursday night, some centres were added on Friday morning which brought some relief to students. 

First come, first served
However, a press release from Prometric India managing director Soumitra Roy said: “Depending on candidates’ Internet connection speed and the number of candidates accessing the registration system, some waiting time can be expected. While we will endeavour to offer as many seats as feasible in candidates’ preferred locations, availability is on a first come, first served basis, and we encourage all candidates to select the best available exam slot, register and complete their sessions as quickly as possible.” 

Sources : http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/neet-is-not-so-neat-say-students/article3971521.ece

Mumbai students forced to pick centres in Haryana, Assam

TNN Oct 6, 2012, 02.24AM IST
 
MUMBAI: Chaos reigned on the first day of the registration process for the first ever National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for post-graduate medical aspirants. After the website meant for online registrations crashed several times on Thursday, city students were forced to pick centres in Uttarakhand, Ranchi and Haryana because centres in Mumbai and Maharashtra had filled up fast.

Around 8,000 medical students from the state usually take the PG entrance test. The state test was scrapped and NEET introduced this year. The website mentioned that centres would be allotted on a first-come-first-serve basis. As there were only seven centres in the state and four in Mumbai, students rushed to book their seats online. Students reached the bank from where they were supposed to collect vouchers as early as 4.30 am and waited till 9.30 am for the bank to open.

Since the online test is between November 23 and December 6, students were hoping to get a slot towards the last few days. A student said, "The server crashed at least three or four times while I tried to register. We continued trying to register for three to four hours, but with no luck. It is a three-stage form filling process and the server crashed erratically at any point. When I finally managed to complete the process, city and Pune centres were full."

Another student said, "By 10 pm, most places across the country were filling up fast. With no centres in Gujarat and Rajasthan, I was forced to choose Uttarakhand."

Some students who logged in early on October 5 easily managed to get seats in Mumbai centres. A student said, "Some of my friends who filled the form around 3 am, did get a seat allocation in Mumbai. We have been told that the process was much easier on Friday and students managed to fill up the forms in 15 minutes. Now as per the rule, slots and centres once chosen cannot be rescheduled or cancelled. Why then should the authorities claim that the system worked on first-come-first-serve basis?"

Most of the students who filled it up on Thursday to be on the safe side have ended up with centres in Ranchi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Assam, etc.

Prometric India MD Soumitra Roy said, "Scheduling instructions have been shared by NBE before the start of the registration window, and candidates were reminded at the time of online scheduling. Prometric continues to increase available seating for current test dates to address heavy registration demand. As a result of demand in individual areas, not all sessions may be available and candidates should select another session if their first choice is not available."

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Prometric Registers Record-Setting Number for India's New National Post-Graduate Medical Exam

Over Next Two Months, 300,000 in India Will Test for Entry to Prestigious Medical and Business Administration Programs
BALTIMORE, MD--(Marketwire - Oct 5, 2012) - Prometric has set a new standard in the testing industry, successfully registering more than 41,000 students in the opening 24 hours that candidates could apply for India's first National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-PG) exam. The successful transition from a paper-based test to a computer-based examination has expanded access to thousands of aspiring medical students in India, demonstrating how technology-enabled testing can be utilized to increase access to college education in emerging markets.
By the time the NEET-PG testing window closes, Prometric will have delivered more than 300,000 exams on behalf of the National Board of Examination (NBE) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM), which administers the Common Admission Test, best known as the IIM CAT. The NEET-PG exam replaces all state medical entrance exams for M.S. and M.D. courses, streamlining and standardizing the medical exam process in India.
"Gaining entrance to medical school has a profound influence on a person's life and their career. We understand that, and we embrace it in our work every day," said Michael Brannick, President and CEO of Prometric. "We are proud to partner with the National Board of Examination and help to advance medical education in this way. In India alone, more than a quarter of a million test takers will pass through Prometric doors by the end of the year as they pursue their dreams to become future business leaders and medical practitioners."
As of press time, in 36 hours, Prometric registered more than 57,000 NEET-PG test takers. These applicants have reserved seats for the Nov. 23 to Dec. 6, 2012, testing period. Candidates will be vying for approximately 20,000 available admissions to medical colleges in India.
The CAT, conducted between Oct. 11 and Nov. 6, is used in the selection process for admissions to India's prestigious business administration programs.
About Prometric
Prometric, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ETS, is a trusted provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment. As the global standard in professional competency measurement, Prometric reliably delivers 10 million tests per year on behalf of 400 clients in the academic, financial, government, healthcare, professional, corporate and information technology markets. Through innovation, workflow automation and standardization, Prometric achieves customer-inspired advances that are better, faster and at less cost for its clients, helping to put the right people in the right jobs at the right time. Prometric delivers tests flexibly via the Web or by utilizing a robust network of more than 8,000 test centers in more than 160 countries. For more information, please visit www.prometric.com.

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Not so NEET: Website leaves Mumbai students hanging

Published: Saturday, Oct 6, 2012, 8:11 IST
By Puja Pednekar | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA 

Early birds don’t always get the worm.
A 24-year-old MBBS intern from Thane will have to travel all the way to Dehradun to appear for her PG medical entrance exam, NEET. Due to a technical error, she failed to secure Mumbai as centre despite registering on time.
Same thing happened to many others from the city when the online registration for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test 2013, which is being held for the first time this year, opened on Thursday at 9.30am. The registration was on a first-come-first-serve basis. Many who registered in the morning failed to get a centre in Mumbai and were forced to choose places such as Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Jharkhand.
Ironically, those who logged in after 12.30pm were able to secure Mumbai easily.
Doctors said the website kept hanging at regular intervals. “We are feeling cheated; authorities should have warned us against accessing the website owing to the glitches,” a doctor said.
A doctor said she logged on at 9.30am. But as she was filling the three-part form, the website crashed within minutes. “I kept trying to log on till 4.30pm. When I finally got through and selected Mumbai as centre, it said all seats were filled. I tried other centres in Maharashtra and other big cities, but all seemed full. So I had to select Dehradun,” she said.
Another from Mulund said she faced similar problems and was forced to select Jharkhand. “I am scared of travelling to a Naxalite area alone. I registered on the first day, and I am having to suffer because of that. My friends who registered a day later were able to choose Mumbai,” said the 23-year-old intern who works in a government hospital in Thane.
Many believe this happened because the authorities miscalculated the number of aspirants across cities. “Big states such as Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh have only one centre each, while Maharashtra has four. Even though the registration is open till November 12, NEET brochures stated it would be on a first-come-first-serve basis. Students were bound to rush on the first day itself. Authorities should have foreseen this situation,” said another doctor.
Dr Pravin Shingare, director of Directorate of Medical Education and Research said, “Students can get in touch with the examination body in Delhi to solve their doubts.”
Around 2,500 students from Mumbai and 7,000 from Maharashtra are expected to appear for the exam.

NEET PG 2013 Eligibility Criteria

1. Candidates who are in possession of MBBS degree or Provisional MBBS Pass Certificate recognized as per the provisions of the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and possess permanent or provisional registration certificate of MBBS qualification issued by the Medical Council of India or State Medical Council and have completed one year of internship or likely to complete the internship on or before 31st March 2013, may apply for NEET-PG 2012 through online application system at website www.nbe.gov.in/neetpg
2. Candidates found to be ineligible at any stage of NEET-PG will not be permitted to appear in the examination and/or counseling. In an unlikely, event of any ineligible candidate appearing and/or being successful in the NEET-PG, the results/candidature of such candidate shall be cancelled and/or are deemed to be cancelled.
3. Requests for appearing in NEET-PG from candidates completing internship after 31st March 2013 or having qualifications that are not recognized shall be summarily rejected. Candidates are further advised not to canvass for the same.
Candidate who are completing their internship after 31st March 2013 or likely to complete after 31st March 2013 need not apply in the NEET-PG exam as they shall be ineligible to participate at any stage of the admission process.
4. Registration and /or appearance in NEET-PG does not confer any automatic rights upon the candidate for admission at medical institute /college or MD/MS or PG Diploma programme.
5. Eligibility for pursuing MD/MS/PG Diploma shall be as per the rules, regulations and guidelines of respective universities /medical institutions.
6. The dates indicated by candidates with regard to12 months Compulsory Rotating Resident Internship i.e. starting date, completion date, shall be treated as final and candidates will be required to submit the original Compulsory Rotating Resident Internship completion certificate at the time of counseling.
7. The cut off dates for the recognition of the Medical Colleges, from where the candidates have passed their MBBS Degree Course and completed compulsory rotatory Internship for the Admission year 2013 will be as prescribed by MCI. The Colleges recognized after the date prescribed by MCI will not considered.

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Over 38,000 candidates register for common medical course admission test



NEW DELHI: More than 38,000 candidates have got themselves registered within the first 24 hours of online registration for the common entrance test for admission to all post-graduate courses in medical colleges across the country from academic year 2013-14.

The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for postgraduate (NEET-PG) courses, applicable for admission to 20,000 PG medical seats in 350 medical colleges, is being held between November 23 and December 6 this year.

The first computer-based NEET-PG test, being conducted by National Board of Examinations (NBE), will be held at selected test centres across 33 cities.

The rush witnessed on the first day of opening of online registration brought about technical glitches as candidates complained of not being able to log on to the website.

While candidates complained of the website 'crashing' for a few hours during registration yesterday, NBE officials claimed there was no crash of their website.

"Some users may have experienced problem as candidates across the country tried to login at the same time...There were also 120 attempts to hack the website and we had to activate many fireballs," NBE director Bipin Batra told PTI.

Denying any website crash, Prometric, which was appointed by NBE early this year to conduct the computer-based NEET-PG, said delays could have taken place due to the heavy rush.

"Within the first 24 hours of online registration, over 38,000 candidates have successfully registered for NEET-PG, which translates to 1,600 transactions per hour," Soumitra Roy, Prometric India MD said.

While the NEEt-PG covers all medical colleges, the three national institutes of AIIMS, PGI Chandigarh and JIPMER, which have been set up by acts of Parliament, will not be covered.

The registration and scheduling for the exam, which began on October 4, will remain open until November 12, while voucher sales are available from October 410.

NBE officials said they are expecting around 90,000 to one lakh candidates to take this exam and feared that coaching centres may have created the panic situation.

"We have also created contingency seats at various centresacross the country and the exam will be conducted in secure and controlled labs not connected to internet," Batra said.

"Some waiting time can be expected depending on the candidates' internet connection speed and the number of candidates accessing the registration system. We will endeavour to offer as many seats as feasible in candidates' preferred locations, availability is on a first-come first-served basis," said Roy.

The Union Health Ministry had decided to introduce a single entrance examination NEET from the next academic year i.e.2013-2014 and NBE will conduct NEET-PG for admission to MD/MS/PG Diploma Course courses offered by all medical colleges/institutions coming under the ambit of the Medical Council of India.

The new system would help promote transparency and streamline admission to Post Graduate medical and dental courses, the Ministry said.

The NEET-PG for dental courses will be conducted by AIIMS for admission in MDS courses offered by all dental colleges/institutions coming under the ambit of the Dental Council of India.

AIIMS, PGI Chandigarh and JIPMER doesn’t come under NEET-PG

The NEET-PG is an eligibility cum entrance test for postgraduate medical courses in both private & medical colleges in India. However AIIMS, PGI Chandigarh & JIPMER will have their own entrance procedures. Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) will also take part in NEET-PG, candidates have to specify their interest with AFMC in the ONLINE application form.

The registration process for the maiden NEET-PG started on 04 Oct. 2012, the application form fee vouchers are available at Axis Bank Branches. Visit for registration https://neet.prometric.com/
Number of seats through NEET-PG

A total of 20,000 seats are available through NEET-PG in 350 Medical Colleges.

A total of 100,000 applications are expected, few applicants whom careermitra.com spoke to has expressed concerns over the dates NEET-PG has been scheduled. They said during November & December several other medical entrance exams are taking place, for instance the AIIMS PG entrance exam. They said NEET-PG was a surprise, the MCI website hosted information stating the test will be in January 2013 and the announcement stunned us.

When we questioned them about the proceedings of NEET-PG registration, some said the Axis Bank Branches are not prepared enough to handle the rush, we have to wait in long queues just to buy the application fee voucher. The dates of the exam schedule is very less, some have said that most of the dates are already occupied, no clarity has been given if it was a technical issue.

National Board of Examinations (NBE) has entrusted Prometric for conducting NEET-PG, NEET-PG is a computer based test to be held during 23rd November – 6th December 2012.

The last date for application fee voucher sale closure is 10 November 2012, for registration the last date is 12 November 2012.

Sources : http://blog.careermitra.com/2012/10/aiims-pgi-chandigarh-jipmer-neet-pg/

Friday, October 5, 2012

Dont want NEET, reiterates Jay

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday lashed out at the Centre for ignoring the views of the State government on conducting the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for medical courses.
“We are surprised and distressed by this unilateral decision of the Government of India which has been taken without taking to account our protest and despite the stay against the Common Entrance Test obtained in the Madras High Court”, the CM said in her letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Reiterating her demand to exempt TN from the NEET, Jayalalithaa urged the PM to allow the State to continue with its existing system. She said the Centre had gone ahead with the decision to implement the CET by issuing a notice to make the NEET-PG mandatory for entry to MD/MS/PG diploma courses in all medical colleges. The CM referred to her letter to the PM dated July 30, wherein she had explained reasons for opposing the CET.  “Despite TN’s protest, the Centre has notified the National Board of Examination for conducting the NEET for PG courses and has gone ahead issuing a public notice for admission to MD/MS/PG Diploma Courses for the 2013 session,” she said.

The CM explained that TN had already abolished the entrance exam for professional courses a few years ago, after detailed examination by an expert committee. The committee had found that such CETs put rural students from poor socio- economic backgrounds at a disadvantage due to lack of geographical and financial access to requisite training institutions and materials.

The CM further said the TN government had reserved 50 per cent of its medical PG seats for doctors who have completed three years of rural service with special weightage for those working in hilly and tribal areas.  The government had also obtained and enforced bonds from those completing PG education in government medical colleges to serve the State for a minimum period, which had helped to meet the need for specialist medical manpower.  “It will be legally difficult to implement these policy initiatives if a CET is introduced as we would have to fall in line with regulations of the national test, which may not have such enabling provisions,” the CM said.

TN had already represented to the Union Minister of Health that CET would interfere with the rights of the State and would create problems in implementing the reservation policy followed in Tamil Nadu.

10 new medical colleges next year

Karnataka is likely to have 10 more government medical colleges from 2013-14 academic year.
Medical Education Minister S A Ramdas on Friday announced that 10 new medical colleges in various districts had been proposed to function from next academic year, and the under-graduate and post-graduate seats in the existing medical colleges would be increased.

“Proposals have been prepared for new medical colleges in Tumkur, Madikeri, Koppal, Chitradurga, Gadag, Yadgir, Chikkodi, Chikballapur, Uttara Kannada and Chamarajanagar,” he said, and added that “the proposals will be sent to the Medical Council of India.”

Ramdas also said an inspection team had been sent from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) to review the applicants. The proposals approved by the state had to be sent to the MCI before September 30, he added.

Seat Enhancement
Ramdas announced that 600 MBBS seats and 250 MD seats would be added in the state from next academic year, and a proposal for this had been sent to the MCI. In nine medical colleges, MBBS seats had been enhanced, and PG seats would be enhanced in the medical colleges in Bidar, Mandya, Shimoga, Hubli, Belgaum and Raichur.

He said: “As many as 2,000 nurses and paramedical, teaching and allied staff have been recruited to get approval for new colleges.”

Rural Internship
The minister also said the government had agreed to permit medical students from the state’s medical colleges under all-India quota to continue compulsory rural internship anywhere in the country. Ramdas also said Karnataka would go ahead with the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for MBBS courses, for which preparations had started. “The Central Board for Secondary Education has issued the calendar of events for NEET 2013. Special coaching classes are being conducted for II PUC students and the state is prepared to go ahead with NEET this academic year,” Ramdas said.

Sufficient Faculty
Meanwhile, the Department of Medical Education has claimed that there is no dearth of teaching staff in the existing medical colleges. According to officials, the recruitment of teaching staff is made on a regular basis as and when vacancies arise.

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NEET-PG online registration begins on a chaotic note




HYDERABAD: The first day of the application process for NEET-PG entrance examination for admissions to post-graduate medical seats, started on a chaotic note. Not only did the online registration for the examination was glitch-ridden, candidates also complained that the bank they were meant to pay up the examination fee was ill-equipped to handle the huge rush.

The procedure to register for NEET requires candidates to first pay up the examination fee at an Axis bank branch (three branches in the city have been notified) and then register for the examination online, using the voucher given to them by the bank. However, candidates said they had faced problems on both counts. While many students had a problem at the bank as they were unable to get vouchers, most complained of problems during online registration. About 80,000 to 1 lakh candidates are expected to write the newly-introduced PG entrance examination from across the country. An estimated 15,000 candidates will be writing the examination from the state.

The website for registration was inaccessible for most candidates in the city as the server was down due to overload. NEET-PG exam registration is being held from October 4 to November 12. The examination dates are from November 23 to December 6.

Candidates who managed to register themselves for the computer-based examination said that they could not opt for test centres within the state or in neighbouring states. While there are three test centres in the state including two in Hyderabad and one in Vizag, the only available options for several test takers from the state were Guwahati, Patna and Raipur.

Worried candidates stated that NEET-PG, which comes under the purview of National Board of Examination, is the only entrance examination for higher studies in medical education that would guarantee an MD. "The Centre has done away with all the state-level medical PG examinations and hence, NEET is the only chance to get an MD. As there is too much at stake, all candidates are worried about the technical glitches on the first day of registration as they fear that such glitches could surface even on the examination day," said a candidate on the condition of anonymity.

Testing company Prometric is responsible for the online registration of candidates and also for the conduct of NEET-PG examination. Prometric also conducts computer-based Common Admission Test (CAT) for admissions into B schools. Candidates said that Prometric has been rather vague about various aspects of the examination including scoring. "There is no clarity on the syllabus for NEET. Besides, in spite of repeated queries from candidates, Prometric has not revealed the process of scoring though they have vaguely referred to an 'equating and scaling' process of evaluation," said a candidate.

The national board of examination had announced that NEET-PG will be held in January, 2013, however, the examination was advanced to November, candidates rued. "We were given hardly any time to prepare for the examination. It's the moral responsibility of the central government to make sure that no errors creep into the conduct of NEET-PG," said a candidate.

Medicos protest against NEET in Vellore

Students of Vellore Government Medical College here along with members of the district unit of the Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA), held a human chain protest on Thursday, in front of the college campus, opposing the Central government’s move to conduct National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), for admission to UG an PG candidates in medical colleges.
Dr R Srikanth said the protesters thanked the Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for taking a firm stand in opposing the NEET exams.

Read More  : http://ibnlive.in.com/news/medicos-protest-against-neet-in-vellore/298004-60-118.html

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Monday, October 1, 2012

Students fume over new National Eligibility Entrance Test schedule




AMRAVATI/NAGPUR: Many postgraduate medical aspirants for Diplomate of National Board (DNB) who went to purchase the examination fee voucher on Monday were in for a rude shock. The number of forms currently available with the specified bank were insufficient to meet the demand. Pranjal Bobade, one of the aspirants, told TOI that "Only 175 forms have been provided to them while there are about 500-600 students appearing for DNB exam from Nagpur alone".

The exam conducting body, National Board of Examinations (NBE), has kept the last date as November 10 for purchasing of fee vouchers.

This however is not the only controversy which NBE finds itself in. The other exam it is conducting, National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET-PG) for PG courses has evoked a strong response from candidates. Thousands of postgraduate medical aspirants will now have to bear the brunt of what they called the wrong decision of the health ministry to conduct the NEET-PG, two months before the date announced by the Medical Council of India (MCI).

The examination schedule of other medical entrance examinations fall during the same period which has led to confusion among medical students.

The notification released by MCI on September 23 pertaining to the examination schedule of NEET for PG courses has come as a shock for students. As per the notification, NEET has been slated from November 23 to December 6. The examination will be conducted by National Board of Examination this year. It is for the first time that the board has decided to conduct examination online in 33 cities in India. This is the maiden effort of conducting common entrance examination all over the country for admission to PG medical courses like MD and MS.

MCI had earlier said on its officials website that the PG entrance examination will be conducted in January 2013. Hence, students had planned their study schedules according to January 2013. But, MCI dropped a bombshell by declaring the examination schedule around two months early. Planning for the studies has gone awry due to the MCI decision. Interestingly, the examination dates for DNB, AIIMS Delhi NEET have come during the same time. AIIMS Delhi will be held on November 18 and DNB during November 17 to 20. PGI Chandigarh has not yet declared the examination dates but it is expected to fall during the same time. Moreover, the examination fee has also been hiked around fourfold for NEET.

Speaking to TOI, PG aspirant Dr Vishvajeet Gaekwad from Nagpur said, "MCI should have declared the schedule at least four months before examination. We have planned our studies as per January 2013 schedule. But the new dates have disturbed the study schedule. We are also baffled over the examination pattern. We have to study almost 20 subjects in two months which is impossible," he said.

Dr Rohit Mundhada said, "The medical body has informed students in time about the examination schedule. NEET is coming with other three examinations. Hence, within a span of 15 days, we have to travel to various places for appearing in four examinations which would be hectic."

Dr Apurva Rajmanya echoed the same views.

Dr Sarang Vajapeyi from Nagpur said, "Many students have been doing internship and chalked out study plans considering that the examination will be held in January. But now we have only two months for study," he said.

EXAM DATES
NEET PG Nov 23 - Dec 6
PGI Chandigarh Nov 11
AIIMS, DelhiNovember 18
DNB Nov 17-2o
 

NEET PG 2013 Important dates,Application form & seat distribution

Important dates of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET PG 2013)

Date of Availability of application form of NEET PG i.e.  Information Bulletin-cum-Examination Fee Voucher at designated branches of Axis Bank will be from 4th October to 10th November 2012
Date of Online Registration and Scheduling of NEET PG 2013 is from 4th October to 12th November 2012
Last date of submission of NEET PG 2013 online application form is up to 23:59 hrs on 12th November 2012.
Date of Examination of NEET-PG 2013 is scheduled from 23rd November – 6th December 2012
NEET PG 2013 Results will be announced on 31st January 2013
NEET PG 2013 admit card

NEET PG 2013 Application form

  1. Fee for NEET PG 2013 Application form (NEET-PG Exam fee):

i)                    For SC/ST/PWD candidates – Rs. 2750/-
ii)                   For General/OBC candidates – Rs. 3750/-
NEET PG 2013 Application form (Information Bulletin-cum-Examination Fee Voucher) will be available in listed branches of Axis Bank.
Note- There is a unique serial number on the NEET UG 2013 Application form (Information Bulletin-cum Examination Fee Voucher) below the scratch panel which is required to be entered on the NEET PG website for the online registration and scheduling process. So candidates are advice to keep that unique serial number.

NEET PG 2013 merit list (preparation procedure)

According to National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test  (NEET PG 2013) an All India Merit List as well as State-wise merit list of the eligible candidates will prepared on the basis of scores obtained and the qualifying  candidates shall be admitted to Post Graduate courses in different institute from the former mentioned merit lists only.

Distribution of seats in NEET PG 2013:

  1. PG Seats for Government Medical Colleges

a)      50% seats will be filled at All India level as per NEET PG 2013 Merit position. (All India Pool)
b)      50% seats will be filled at State level as per NEET PG 2013 Merit position. (State Pool)

  1. PG Seats for Private Medical Colleges

a)      50% seats will be filled at State level as per NEET PG 2013 Merit position. (State Pool)
b)       Remaining 50% seats will be filled as per NEET PG 2013 merit. (Institute Pool)

Medical institutions under NEET PG 2013 – Candidates can check various MD/MS/Post Graduate Diploma courses and seats available at various Medical Colleges/Institutions on the official website www.mciindia.org

Medical institutions not under NEET PG 2013

Medical institutions which are not covered by centralized admissions for MD/MS/PG Diploma seats through NEET PG 2013 are: -
I)                    AIIMS, New Delhi
II)                  PGIMER, Chandigarh
III)                 JIPMER, Pondicherry

For more detail about NEET PG 2013 EXAM Pattern Click here

NEET PG Results 2012

National Eligibility Entrance Test Post Graduate examination shall be conducted from 23rd November – 6th December, 2012, which is referred to as the testing window (with 24th, 25th, 28th November and 2nd December as non-testing days). 



QUALIFYING CRITERIA
As per the Postgraduate Medical Education (Amendment) Regulations:

In order to be eligible for admission to any postgraduate course in a particular academic year, it shall be necessary for a candidate to obtain a percentile of 50 and above in ‘National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate courses’ held for the said academic year. However, in respect of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, the minimum percentile shall be 40.

In respect of candidates with locomotory disability of lower limbs, the minimum percentile shall be 45. The percentile shall be determined on the basis of highest scaled scores secured in the All-India common merit list in ‘National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test’ for Postgraduate courses. 

S.No. Category Passing Criteria
1. General              50% Percentile
2. SC/ST/OBC       40% Percentile
3. PWD                   45% Percentile

VALIDITY OF NEET-PG RESULT
The validity of the result of the NEET-PG shall be only for the current admission session i.e. 2013 admission session for MD/MS/PG Diploma courses and cannot be carried forward for the next session of admissions for MD/MS/PG Diploma. 

Declaration of Result 
The results for NEET shall be declared by 31st January 2013. The mark sheet-cum-result certificate for the NEET-PG examination can be downloaded from the website www.nbe.gov.in/neetpg after the declaration of result.

Dispatch of Results 
The result will be displayed at NEET-PG website

http://www.currentlatestnews.com/2012/09/neet-pg-results-2012.html
 

Exam Pattern & Syllabus for NEET PG for 2013 Admissions

The National Board of Examinations (NBE) shall be conducting NEET–PG as a Computer Based Test (CBT) from 23 November 2012 to 6 December 2012 at test centres located in 33 cities across the country. Out of these, 24th, 25th, 28th November and 2nd December 2012 are non-testing days i.e. no exam will be conducted on these days.

Here is the detailed schedule/ pattern of NEET PG (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Post Graduate courses):
1.NEET-PG is a qualifying-cum-ranking examination for admission to MD/MS/PG Diploma Courses in medical institutions recognized for running these courses under the ambit of Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations. NEET PG will be a computer based test (CBT).

2.NEET-PG will comprise of 240 multiple choice, single correct response questions in English language only.

3.The examination shall be a multiple choice questions test delivered using computers network as per scheme prescribed.

4.Kindly note that the weightage of MCQ’s is indicative and purely provisional. NBE reserves its rights to alter /vary /amend the same.

5.Negative Marking: There shall be no negative marking in NEET-PG.

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Centre announces NEET dates

New Delhi, September 26, 2012, DHNS:
The Central government on Wednesday announced the dates for holding the first all India level entrance examination for entry into various post-graduate medical disciplines offered by institutions under the Medical Council of India.

The first NEET-PG, for admissions to MD or MS or PG Diploma courses in 2013-14 will be held online by the National Board of Examination from November 23 to December 6, 2012, at centres in 34 cities of the country.

The details of NEET-PG for medical courses are available at the website www.nbe.gov.in/neetpg

The government had earlier entrusted the responsibility of conducting an all-India common entrance test for post graduate medical education to the NBE hoping to bring transparency and streamline the admission process to post-graduate medical and dental courses.

The NEET-PG for dental courses will be conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

NEET PG 2012: Things to know before going for the test [Video]

Below is a short video explaining the things candidates must know before appearing for the maiden NEET PG.As notified earlier NEET PG will be held during 24 Nov to 06 Dec 2012, the information bulletin along with the application fee voucher will be available at Axis Bank Branches from 04 Oct. 2012.
To know as much information as possible on what a candidate must know before appearing for NEET PG, please watch the below video.

NEET ACADEMY - TIPS 2 NEET PG EXAM

Jaya to PM: Allow us to continue with existing system Exempt TN from medical entrance

NT Bureau | Mon, 01 Oct, 2012,01:27 PM
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Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today strongly opposed the Centre's move to conduct All India Common Entrance Test for admission to UG and PG courses in medical colleges and reiterated her demand that Tamilnadu be exempted from it.
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In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a copy of which was released to the media here, she said Tamilnadu should be exempted from this and allowed to continue with its existing system for admission to UG and PG Medical seats.
Jayalalithaa expressed surprise and distress over the unilateral decision taken by the Centre without taking into account the protests and in spite of the stay against the Common Entrance Test obtained in the Madras High Court which holds good until it was vacated or until the writ petition was disposed of.
Jayalalithaa said the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare had earlier assured that the States would be consulted and their views considered before evolving any policy decision with regard to the conduct of an All India Common Entrance Test.
The Tamilnadu government had also given its views, specifically stating that the All India Common Entrance Test would interfere with the rights of the State government in administering the education system and would create problems in implementing the reservation policy followed uniquely in the State.
'Even after repeated requests, by this public notice, it is now clear that the Central Government has not considered our case and has gone ahead with the decision to implement the Common Entrance Test and in the notice has stated that NEET-PG is a mandatory test for gaining entry to MD/MS/PG Diploma courses in all medical colleges under the ambit of post graduate medical education of the Medical Council of India'', she said.
Jayalalithaa recalled her earlier letter to the Prime Minister in which she had registered the State's protest on the issue.
However, despite the State’s protest the Union government has notified the National Board of Examination (NBE) for conducting the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test for Post Graduate Courses and has gone ahead issuing a public notice for admission to MD and MS Post Graduate Diploma Courses for the 2013 session.
The Tamilnadu government had already taken a policy decision to abolish the entrance examination for professional courses.
'This was done after detailed examination by an Expert Committee which found that such Common Entrance Tests put rural students from poor socio economic backgrounds at a disadvantage due to lack of geographical and financial access to requisite training institutions and materials', she pointed out.
Jayalalithaa said the State government has reserved 50 per cent of its PG medical seats for doctors who have completed three years of rural service with special weightage for those working in hilly and tribal areas.
'The government has also successfully obtained and enforced bonds from those completing Post Graduate education in Government Medical Colleges to serve the State for a minimum period, which has helped to meet the need for specialist medical manpower', she said.
Jayalalithaa said 'it will be legally difficult to implement these policy initiatives if a Common Entrance Test is introduced as we would have to fall in line with the regulations of the National Test, which may not have such enabling provisions'.