The National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) is scheduled to be held on August 1, 2021. The National Testing Agency (NTA) which is the administering body is yet to release the notification on the entrance exam and open the application link for the same. It is expected that NTA is going to release the NEET information bulletin containing the detailed information regarding the test, syllabus, eligibility criteria for age, reservation, examination fee, State Code, etc soon at ntaneet.nic.in.
The National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test is conducted for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BSMS, BUMS, and BHMS courses as per the relevant norms, guidelines, and regulations notified by the concerned Regulatory Bodies. The Result of NEET is used for admission into undergraduate medical programs at the participating medical colleges which also includes AIIMS and JIPMER.
Based on the last year’s criteria to be eligible for NEET, students must have passed Class 12 or should be appearing for the Class 12 examination in the year 2021. The applicant must have studied English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology or Biotechnology as main subjects in Class 12. Last Year, all the candidates between 17 and 25 years of age at the time of admission to the first year UG medical courses were eligible to apply. However, for all the candidates belonging to the reserved category, a relaxation of five years was allowed. In order to appear for NEET in 2021, aspirants belonging to the General category must have scored 50 percent in Class 12 exams. Till last year, there was no restriction on the number of NEET UG attempts. Aspirants were allowed to appear for NEET as many times as they want till the upper age limit.
NEET Exam Highlights
| Exam Name | National Eligibility Cum Entrance Exam |
| Exam Mode | Pen and Paper format |
| Exam Duration | 3 Hours |
| Exam Frequency | Once a year |
| Exam Languages | English, Hindi, Assamese, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi, Odia, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu |
NEET 2020 Statistics
Around 16 lakh students had registered for NEET 2020 last year. Almost about 80 percent of aspirants appeared for the entrance exam. Last year, NTA had to conduct the exam twice, as there were some students who could not appear for the exam in September due to reasons related to Covid. The consolidated result for the exam was declared on October 16, 2020.
NEET 2020: Tie-Breaking Procedure
The NEET-UG 2020 paper comprised — Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (Botany and Zoology). Each subject had 45 multiple choice questions of 4 marks each and a negative mark of one for wrong answers marked. In NEET 2020, if two or more candidates scored the same NEET marks, NTA followed a tie-breaking methodology:
- Candidates obtaining higher marks in Biology (Botany and Zoology) were given preference
- Preference was provided to the one who had scored higher marks in Chemistry
- Candidates with fewer of wrong answers in all the subjects in NEET-UG 2020 were also at an advantage
- Candidates older in age were preferred
In addition, click here to see all the documents required to appear for the NEET Exam.
