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Medical aspirants can fill up NEET-2021 forms from Tuesday and the entrance test, the gateway to medical and dental education in India will be conducted on September 12, the central government announced Monday.
NEET UG 2021 application forms will be released at 5 pm on the website neet.nta.nic.in. This year NEET 2021 will be conducted in 198 cities across India, compared to 155 in 2020. This has been done to keep social distancing under focus.
Dharmendra Pradhan, the new Education Minister, said the NEET (UG) 2021 will be held on 12 September across the country following covid protocol. The application process will begin from 5 pm on Tuesday, the Union Education Minister said.
“The NEET (UG) 2021 will be held on 12th September 2021 across the country following COVID-19 protocols. The application process will begin from 5 pm tomorrow through the NTA website(s). (sic),” the minister tweeted. Pradhan also said that the number of examination centres will be increased from 3,862 used last year.
“In order to ensure social distancing norms, number of cities where examination will be conducted has been increased from 155 to 198. The number of examination centres will also be increased from the 3862 centres used in 2020,” he tweeted.
Pradhan further said that face mask will be provided to all candidates at the exam centres to ensure adherence to Covid-19 norms. “To ensure adherence to COVID-19 protocols, face masks will be provided to all candidates at exam centre. Staggered time slots during entry and exit, contactless registration, proper sanitisation, seating with social distancing etc. will also be ensured,” he added.
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The NEET-UG 2021 examination was slated on August 1, 2021. Demands are also being raised to postpone the exam in wake of a third wave of covid. They insisted an option should be found instead of physical exam.
Many have suggested that the NEET UG exam should be conducted twice or thrice this year, just like the JEE Main 2021 examination. NEET exam was postponed in 2020 as well in view of the pandemic and the countrywide lockdown. The examination was ultimately conducted in September 2020 in physical mode after being postponed multiple times.
