NEET: College reps meet minister

Author: Payal Ganguly

• Published Date: Oct 26, 2012 11:42 AM
• Last Updated: Oct 26, 2012 11:42 AM

A week after the Andhra Pradesh High Court issued the stay order on implementation of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for medical admissions in academic session 2013-14, representatives from private medical colleges in AP and officials met medical education minister Kondru Murali Mohan here on Thursday.
The representatives discussed the response to be filed on the issue of the Supreme Court vacating the stay order by the High Court, a month before the post graduate examinations are scheduled to begin.
On October 29, the SC will hear 23 petitions including four from AP, challenging implementation of the NEET for admissions to post-graduate medical courses.
Due to the difference in syllabus, the students will be affected by implementation of the examination from the coming academic session. The writ petition filed in the High Court by the principal secretary of health medical and family welfare clearly mentions the conflict with article 371 (D) in the constitution.
“The state government will send in a rejoinder before Monday,” said director of medical education Dr. K. Vishnu Prasad.  The representatives of private medical colleges association in the state discussed the exemption from the NEET. “Our main contention is that the Medical Council of India (MCI) does not have the right to frame regulations which are in direct conflict with the provisions under 371 (D) of the constitution ,” said Dr. G. Bhaskar Rao, treasurer of the All India Private Medical Colleges Association.

Source: http://newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/article1314135.ece

All Deemed Universities conducting separate PG Entrance

Despite announcement of NEET 2012 almost all deemed universities are conducting separate entrance for PG seats.

It seems that there is no relief to Medical students from the proposed single entrance exam to be conducted from 23 NOV to 6 DEC.

To get more info about the notification, read the post at www.exams.acrosspg.com

KLE UNIVERSITY PGET 2013

KLE UNIVERSITY POST-GRADUATE

ALL INDIA ENTRANCE TEST ( KLEU – PGAIET – 2013 )

The University shall be conducting KLE University Post-Graduate All IndiaEntrance-Test-2013 (KLEU-PGAIET-2013) on Saturday, the 2nd February 2013 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM at eighteen centres across the country viz. Belgaum,Bangalore,Pune,Ahmedabad,New-Delhi,Hyderabad,Vijaywada, Kolkata, Panjim,Indore, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Cochin, Guwahati, Mumbai,Nagpur and Chennai for admission to various Post-Graduate Degree/Diploma Courses(Medical/Dental) in the constituent colleges of the University viz. J. N. Medical College Belgaum and KLE V. K. Institute of Dental Sciences Belgaum, for the academic session2013-14. The schedule of conduct of PGAIET-2013 is enclosed. The eligible candidates, willing to appear for the aforesaid test, may download the application forms from the University website www.kleuniversity.edu.in.

BLDE University, Bijapur PGET Notification for session 2013

 

http://www.bldeuniversity.org/

UPPGMET 2013 for UP Unaided Medical Colleges Welfare Association

UPUMCWA is conducting UPPGMET-2013 for admission in M.D./M.S./ Post Graduate
Diploma course from the academic session starting in 2013 for and on behalf of member
colleges in compliance with order of Hon’ble Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench vide
Writ Petition No. 4265(MB) 2006 and writ petition No. 276(MB)2007.
Admission will be done as per the merit list prepared in the manner mentioned in this brochure
on the basis of marks secured in the above UPPGMET-2013.

General Information Regarding UPPGMET-2013
UPPGMET-2013 will be organised for admission in MD/MS/ Post Graduate Diploma
Courses for Academic Session 2013-14 in unaided minority as well as non minority
lmember medical colleges of Uttar Pradesh.
The entrance examination will be held on March 17, 2013, Sunday from 10:00 AM to
l1:00 PM.
There will be a total no. of 250 objective type multiple choice questions as per the
lguideline of syllabus given in the appendix of this brochure.
lThe UPPGMET-2013 will consists of a maximum of 250 marks.
Minimum cut-off pass percentage of marks in UPPGMET-2013 shall be 50%
(40% in case of SC/ST/OBC) and merit shall be determined on the basis of marks
lsecured in UPPGMET-2013.
lThere will be negative marks of 1/4 for each wrong answer.
More than one answer marked in OMR answer sheet will also be considered as wrong
lanswer.
Only Black Ball Point Pen shall be used for answering on OMR answer sheet as
perdirection even in the OMR Sheet.



Conduct of Examination

Centre forExamination :The suitable no. of examination centres for UPPGMET-2013
will only be in the following city:
l New Delhi / Delhi
The examination schedule will remain unaltered even if the above date is declared as a
lpublic holiday.
Use of calculator, log table, digital diary, cell phone or any mode of communication is
lstrictly prohibited during the examination.
Candidates will have to be biometrically verified at the entrance of examination
premises. Therefore, all the candidates must report to the allotted examination centre
lat 9:00 AM sharp.
Once entered, the candidates will not be allowed to go outside the examination premises
ltill the completion of the examination.
All the candidates must take their seats 15 minutes before the commencement of
lexamination & fill up all the relevant information. For this no extra time will be given.
Parents/Guardians/accompanying person will not be allowed to enter in the examination
lpremises.
Seal of question paper should be broken only after the announcement by the
invigilators.

List of Member-Colleges

Scrap medical entrance test, says Karuna

Chennai, Oct 21, 2012, PTI:

Opposing the proposed National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for medical courses, DMK, a key ally of UPA, today sought the Centre’s immediate intervention to abolish the system of entrance test.

“There are reports that the Centre proposed to conduct entrance test for medical education. The Central Government should intervene and take steps in scrapping the test. That is our stand,” DMK chief M Karunanidhi said, writing in party organ “Murasoli”.

He also asked the Jayalalithaa Government to take constructive steps to safeguard the interests of students of the state instead of focusing on ‘vindictive action and filing defamation cases’ against DMK leaders. He also referred to the Andhra Pradesh High Court’s recent order staying NEET in that state.

COMEDK PGET 2013 Notification out

PGET–2013 NOTIFICATION Dtd. 19.10.2012

Whereas, the Medical Council of India intended to conduct National Eligibility cum
Entrance Test for Post Graduate Medical Degree vide Notification No. MCI-
31(1)/2010/Med/62051 dtd. 15.02.2012 and in No. MCI-18(1)/2010-Med./62052 dtd. 15.02.2012;
Whereas, the Karnataka Private Medical and Dental Colleges Association (KPM&DCA) has obtained an interim order by which the said Notifications have been stayed by the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka, Bangalore in W.P. No. 12417-
12419/2012 dtd. 04th May 2012;
Whereas, the fact of stay and its consequences have been informed to MCI in a communication dtd. 07.07.2012 clearly indicating to MCI not to proceed to the conduct of the said examinations in so far as our member institutions comprising of 12 Medical and 25 Dental colleges are concerned;
Whereas, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, while transferring the above Writ
Petition filed by the Medical Council of India in TP (C) No. 302/2012 dated
12.10.2012 , was pleased to continue the interim orders which have already been
passed by the Hon’ble High Court;
Whereas, the KPM&DCA have entrusted COMEDK with the responsibility of conducting an Entrance Test 2013 to Post Graduate courses in Medical and Dental stream in Karnataka for their member institutions;
Now, therefore, the Entrance Test for Post Graduate courses in Medical and Dental streams in respect of Member Institutions for effecting admissions in the academic year 2013 would be held on the 03rdFebruary 2013, the Sunday (*).

Candidates are advised to visit the COMEDK website (www.comedk.org) for updates. The start date for issue of Online Application would be in the first week of December as in previous years.

(*) As JIPMER conducted its PG Entrance Examination 2012 on second Sunday of the month of February, to facilitate students to take up that examination also, we propose to hold the Entrance Test on first Sunday the 03rd February 2013.

(Shamanur Shivashankarappa) (Dr. M.R. Jayaram)

President, KPM&DCA Chairman, COMEDK

NIMHANS exemted from NEET

Madhya Pradesh private colleges PG entrance announced

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Andhra Pradesh high court gives National Eligibility cum Entrance Test relief to Andhra Pradesh

Wondering why even a state government is feeling vulnerable and knocking the doors of the courts, a division bench of the high court comprising Justice V Eswaraiah and Justice N Ravi Shankar on Wednesday stayed the applicability of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for Andhra Pradesh for the academic year 2013.

The bench was dealing with a writ petition filed by the principal secretary, medical and health.

The petitioner informed the court that the Article 371 (D) of the Constitution gave special status to the state and the Presidential order provided for local and non local reservations in admissions to professional courses.

The proposed national eligibility (NEET) test nullified the constitutional safeguards. “The rules governing NEET framed by Medical Council of India cannot override the Article 371(D) of the constitution,” the government contended.

K G Krishna Murthy, additional advocate general, told the court that the state had to take to judicial recourse to protect the interests of students. The state government had written several letters to the Centre but there was no positive response.

He further contended that the new syllabus with NEET orientation had come into force only last year and the students who studied the first year intermediate with the state syllabus would be at a disadvantage.

The medium of the test — English and Hindi – would also result in Telugu medium students suffering a severe loss. The prohibition of capitation fee Act and the rules made therein provide for weightage to the intermediate marks while finalising ranks of the students and the NEET rules do not have such provision and the state Act can not be over ruled like this.

The bench granted interim stay and directed the Medical Council of India to file counter affidavit after Dasara vacation.

Source: timesofindia.com

Introduction of 16th & 21st November 2012 as Testing Day for DNB CET

National Board of Examinations

(DNB CET)

Dated : October 18th, 2012


Subject : Introduction of 16th & 21st November 2012 as Testing Day for DNB CET .

• It is hereby informed that the DNB CET scheduled to be conducted on 16th to 20th November 2012 (except 18th Nov – Non Testing day), will now also be conducted on 16th (Afternoon session) and 21st (Forenoon session) November 2012.
• Test Seats for DNB-CET will be available for 16th November (afternoon session) and 21st November 2012 (forenoon session), at all test centers in 33 cities from 09.30am onwards on 19th October 2012.
• Applicants may visit the registration link at website cet.naboard.edu.in to schedule test center and date for DNB-CET.

Introduction of November 24th, 2012 as Testing Day for NEET-PG

National Board of Examinations(NEET PG)

Dated : October 18 2012

Subject : Introduction of November 24th, 2012 as Testing Day for NEET-PG.

• 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).

• Test Seats for NEET-PG will be available for 24th November 2012 (forenoon session), at all test centers in 33 cities from 09.30am onwards on 19th October 2012.

• Applicants may visit the registration link at website www.nbe.gov.in/neetpg to schedule their test center and dates for NEET-PG.

Institutions exempted from NEET PG

As per the information from MBE NEET website only the following institutes are exempted from NEET PG Nov 2012

1. AIIMS
2. PGI Chandigarh
3. JIPMER
4. CMC Vellore (Court case is under process)

CMC Vellore PG Entrance Notification

SMC/MCI Registration Certificate required for DNB-CET/NEET-PG

National Board of Examinations (DNB CET)

Dated : October 9th, 2012

Subject : Verification of Provisional /Permanent Registration with State Medical Council /Medical Council of India – Test Day Documentary Requirements -Regarding.

Kind Attn : All Candidates for DNB CET: November 16th to 20th, 2012

•  In terms of the eligibility criteria for appearing in DNB CET scheduled for 16th November – 20th November 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 DNB CET (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 DNB CET 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 DNB CET may be debarred from appearing in future examinations. 

Test Day Documentary Requirements:

(1) Provisional / Permanent Certificate of Registration of MCI/SMC in original (plus a photocopy) in addition,

(2) one original & valid ID document namely PAN CARD/Voters Regn. ID Card/Aadhar Card/Passport/Driving License and

(3) Admit Card with attested photo of candidate.




*********

Separate PG Entrance notifications from Deemed University creating confusions

Despite the announcement of single entrance test for PG seats in India via the CBT mode NEET PG extending from 23 Nov to 6 Dec 2012, some deemed universities are announcing separate entrance tests. Where as NBE maintains that these notifications are illegal. Causing panic and confusion amoung already distressed medicos aspiring PG seats.

 

Sri Devaraj Urs University comprising Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College ( Deemed to be University declared Under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956, vide Notification No.F.9-36/2006-U.3(A) Dt. 25th May 2007, MHRD, Government of India.) announced separate entrance for PG seats.

 

On the other hand NBE says the notification is illegal. Here is the clip from NBE neetpg twitter... 

23 Cases related to NEET and PG Medical entrance in Supreme Court

MCI filed transfer pleas to avoid multiplicity of proceedings

The Supreme Court on Friday transferred to itself 23 cases from various High Courts across the country relating to petitions challenging the National Eligibility & Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to post-graduate medical courses from 2013-14.

As per the regulations announced by the Medical Council of India, seats will be allotted from the National list and State-wise merit list prepared by the MCI. Further, 50 per cent of all PG courses will be filled by candidates selected by the State Government.

Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, several associations of private medical colleges, D.D. Medical College & Hospital, Tamil Nadu, and various individual colleges had filed petitions in the respective High Courts and obtained an interim stay against the applicability of NEET to them.

Aggrieved by these orders, the MCI filed petitions seeking transfer of these cases to the Supreme Court to avoid multiplicity of proceedings.

Proceedings stayed

The Supreme Court, while staying all further proceedings, had issued notices to the respondent colleges/States/associations seeking their response.

During the resumed hearing on Friday, a three-judge Bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justices S.S. Nijjar and J. Chelameswar directed that all matters pending in various High Courts be transferred to the Supreme Court.

The Bench had, on October 10, passed the order in the case of Christian Medical College, Vellore, and on Friday passed similar orders for other petitions.

The Bench posted the matter for further hearing on October 29 to enable the parties to file their responses, particularly on the issue of vacating the stay orders passed by the High Courts.

The Bench directed the High Courts concerned to transfer the records of these cases to the Supreme Court within one week.

Clarification

The Bench, however, made it clear that the pendency of these matters “shall not prevent the respondent-institutions from receiving applications for the entrance examination [conducted by them] for the year 2013-14 as per their schedule, but that will not entitle the respondent institutions to claim any equity on the basis thereof”.

In its transfer petitions, the MCI said the challenge to NEET was misconceived as the Supreme Court in the TMA Pai Foundation judgment had clearly held that there should be a common entrance test for admission to professional courses.

It said the substantial question of law involved was regarding the extent of regulation of admissions in private professional unaided minority/non-minority institutions by statutory bodies like the MCI.

The MCI also said that considering the hardships faced by students in filling multiple forms in different States of different examination bodies, as well as private associations and individual colleges, the Supreme Court had suggested a single test.

It sought stay of the orders passed by various High Courts and all further proceedings.

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New update from DNB CET

DNB CET posted new updates on their twitter account.... http://twitter.com/DNBCET

here is the clipping...

 

• According to this... no seats will be added between 16 Nov to 20 Nov for DNB CET at any centers... all the slots are already full... 

 

• Students who have registered twice will be given option to cancel one registration, which will definitely vacate some seats at many centers.

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.

PG entrance test: J&K Aspirants in dilemma

Srinagar, Oct 6: Uncertainty has shrouded the future of thousands of medical students vying for different post-graduate courses in Jammu and Kashmir as government is yet to take final decision over inclusion of state-run medical colleges in the national eligibility test through National Board of Examination.
While notification issued by the Medical Education Department has clarified that they are not participating in the nationalized common medial entrance examination being conducted in November this year, the appearance of available seats of Government Medical Colleges in Srinagar and Jammu on the National Board of Examination website has brought a situation of panic and depression to the students vying for the PG courses.
“The delay in final decision will create confusion in our minds and our future prospects will be at stake till any decision is taken,” the PG aspirants told Greater Kashmir. “We don’t understand why the government is confused,” the aspirants 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 to students from other states,” aspirants said.
In the state-run medical colleges, there are around 300 seats, including 100 each in Government Medical Colleges, Jammu and Srinagar, and 50 each in Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Srinagar and Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences and Hospital (ASCOMS) Jammu.


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Lastupdate on : Sun, 7 Oct 2012 00:00:00 IST

For PG entrance test, students 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.

If you are victim of such problem, created by irresponsible and mismanaged ways of Prometric let us know by replying to the post.

Prometric Website leaves Mumbai students hanging

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

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.

Shortage of DNB CET forms and available slots for Exam

Many students reported that forms for DNB CET were finished even before the lunch break on 3rd Oct 2012, the first day of availability of forms at Axis Bank branches. This shows that NBE has grossly underestimated the number of required forms for this session of CET. We received reports for non availability of forms at many branches of Delhi, for example Barahkhamba road branch, Safdarjung Enclave, then at Assam and many branches in South India.
This caused a lot of problems and uncertainty among the students. They are also tensed as they fear of not getting the exam center slot at the centers near to their home towns.

According to the DNB CET twitter account (@DNBCET) many students are complaining of slots being housefull at almost all the exam centers even before 2PM i.e. 5hrs after the opening of registration of DNB CET.

If you faced this problem that is nonavailability of Forms or exam slot reply to this post with the Axis bank branch where the forms are not available or the exam slot which is not available to let us know.

DNB CET Nov 2012 registration Opened

 

 

Information Bulletin, Vouchers and Pay-in-slip will be available on 3rd October from Axis Bank only.

• Registration for DNB CET January, 2013 Admission Session will open on 09:30 am on 3^rdOctober, 2012

• Test Dates : 17^thNovember, 2012 - 20^th November, 2012

• Online Registration & Scheduling | 3^rd October - 12^th November, 2012

• Eligibility Criteria

Cancel entrance test for medical or will stage protest

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Andhra Pradesh seeks more time for NEET

The state government on Monday once again sought exemption from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Neet) for admission into MBBS and BDS colleges.

In a letter to Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday, chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy requested that the Centre give time to the state’s students till 2014 to join Neet.

“Our students will write Neet in 2014. I request you to issue orders exempting the state from Neet-2013,” the chief minister wrote.

The move was necessitated after the Supreme Court asked the states which had expressed their willingness to join Neet by 2013 itself.

Earlier, the Medical Council of India (MCI) had expressed helplessness when the state had sought exemption from the Neet-2013 on the grounds that the issue was sub judice.

The chief minister wanted exemption from Neet, scheduled for May 12, 2013, since its introduction in the state would involve making amendments to the AP Educational Institutions Act, 1983 and Dr NTR University of Health Sciences Act, 1986 under which the state’s common Entrance Test (EAMCET) is held.

The chief minister also gave the CBSE curriculum as a reason for exemption.

He said that the state had adopted the new curriculum for Inter students from 2012- 13 and the students who joined this year would complete their intermediate courses only in April 2014.

Centre to states: NEET CET mandatory

The common entrance test for post-graduate (PG) medical students is mandatory for all government and private colleges. Making it clear to the state governments, the Union health ministry has written to them informing that the new test system has been notified and they will have to adhere to it.
Earlier the proposal to conduct common test had received stiff opposition from some states. However, citing a judgement of 2010 by the Supreme Court of India, the Union health ministry made it clear that states have no option but to come on board.
The Union health ministry in their recent letter to the states have shared all information on the new test so that it can be widely publicised in their states.
As reported first by this newspaper, the first ever all-India “online test” for post-graduate medical students will be conducted from November 23, 2012. The new system offers flexibility for aspirants to choose any date between November 23 to December 6, 2012.
After following paper-pencil format for years, this will be the first time that an online test will be conducted for post-graduate (PG) medical students. Sources in the ministry revealed that the notification with regard to the new computer based testing is likely to come up by next week.
The National Board of Examination (NBE) which agreed to conduct the Common Entrance Test (CET) for PG medical students decided to replicate the IIM model-an “online test” format for the students.
In all 34 centres all across the country have been shortlisted

Students are not happy with NEET dates

The announcement of preponing medical entrance examination for post-graduate courses at short notice has stunned students.
This is inconvenient and could affect their career, they fear.
The national board of examination has come out with a new date for holding nation-wide examination for post-graduate medical entrance. This includes MS, MD and diploma courses (NEET-PG).
Medical post-graduate (PG) aspirants are shocked to get the dates of NEET-PG examinations. It will be held online between November 23 and December 6 this year in 33 cities across the country.
Earlier, All India PG entrance examinations used to be held in the second week of January. Hence students were expecting NEET-PG will also be held in the second week of January 2013. This was indicated by the MCI in March 2012.
But advancing the examinations by two months has shocked students. Students will get admissions to PG courses in various institutes all over the nation only after clearing this examination.
A doctor from Maharashtra, who does not wish to be quoted, told this newspaper that preparations of NEET-PG are exhaustive. It includes 19 subjects, which are otherwise studied over four-and-a-half years.
Students start preparing for the examinations after completion of internship in March.
According to prior announcement and past experience, students plan to complete the studies by January. But pre-ponement by months has brought a situation of panic and depression.
Moreover, students try to seek admission to other PG institutes like PGI, Chandigarh, AIIMS, New Delhi and DNB.
All these examinations are always conducted in May and November bi-annually. These examinations have different patterns of testing. But this year all the dates are colliding in November.

Tamil Nadu opposes NEET PG / UG

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.

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'.