NEET Exam 2019

After the recommendation of the Health Ministry, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has changed the decision of the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) examination twice a year and only in online mode. After all the protests, now the decision to organize the NEET exam is similar to the previous year.

Last month, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar had announced that the newly formed National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct joint entrance exam-main for admission in engineering colleges, along with the National Eligibility Entrance Test examination twice a year. They had announced that all examinations taken by NTA would be computer-based.

After this, the Ministry of Health wrote a letter to the Human Resource Development Ministry, and expressed concern about the need to conduct examination twice a year, as such examination programs could put additional pressure on the students. Concerns about the students living in rural areas were also expressed that only examination in online mode could be difficult for them.

An official said that after the request of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, unlike earlier statement of change in the examination pattern, it was decided to make it now through pen-paper mode i.e. offline and in similar languages ​​as planned last year. 

The Health Ministry wanted to adopt last year's pattern only. The Ministry of Human Resource Development made public the final program of the examinations organized by the NTA till May 2019 following the possible program released by the ministry last month.

The official said, "NTA is establishing nationwide network of examination center (TPC) for rural areas, so that everyone can get an opportunity to practice before the exam. TPC will have a download computer based test (CBT). It will be like the actual test on the day of the exam. '