NEET 2025 introduces major changes for the medical admission exam. The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) will likely see significant updates this year. Officials may conduct the exam online in two phases, similar to the previous format. The first phase could serve as a preliminary test, while the second phase may act as the main exam. IIT admissions follow a similar pattern, requiring candidates to clear JEE Advanced exams.
Based on sources related to the ministry, serious discussions are going on here about conducting NEET UG 2025 in two phases and a final decision is going to be taken soon. Through Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, recently it was indicated that like JEE Main and UGC NET examinations, NEET UG will also be conducted online and it was said that several rounds of meetings have also been held with the Ministry of Health regarding this.
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- The High Power Committee has recommended new rules for NEET UG 2025, including a two-phase exam structure.
- Meetings between the Ministry of Education and Health are ongoing, and a decision on the new format is expected soon.
- The proposed format includes a preliminary exam as the first level and a main exam as the second level.
- In NEET 2024, more than 23 lakh students participated in the examination.
- For NEET UG 2025, the number of candidates is expected to increase to around 25 lakhs.
- There are 1,10,000 MBBS seats available across the country, including both government and private institutions.
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- The National Testing Agency (NTA) Urges NEET UG 2025 Aspirants to Use APAAR ID and Update Aadhaar Details for Registration.
- The Ministry of Education and Health, along with the National Testing Agency (NTA), have actively taken measures regarding the NEET UG exam this year.
- Last year, widespread irregularities in the exam caused nationwide uproar, prompting the NTA to acknowledge its mistakes, such as granting grace marks and re-conducting the exam for affected students.
- Cases of paper leaks were reported in multiple locations, and the issue of irregularities in NEET UG reached the Supreme Court.
- In response, the Ministry of Education formed a high-power committee led by former ISRO chief Dr. K. Radhakrishnan to reform the NTA.
- The committee provided several key recommendations for reforms in examinations, including NEET UG, and informed the Supreme Court about these suggestions.
- One significant recommendation by the High Power Committee was to explore the possibility of conducting NEET UG in multiple phases to improve fairness and transparency.
