- The Centre is considering bringing an ordinance to defer the implementation of the Supreme Court-ordered National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) as the sole entrance test for admissions to medical and dental colleges by a year, according to sources in the government. Major political parties and several states have favoured deferring implementation of the apex court verdict by one year.
- The Centre had kicked off consultations on the issue, asserting the matter was essentially in ‘executive domain’.
Several state governments want state exams to be the basis for admission for 85 per cent quota seats, similar to earlier years.
Union Health Minister J P Nadda, however, had made it clear that private medical colleges and deemed universities cannot have their entrance exams and will have to take students only through the NEET route.
- The apex court order had implied that all government colleges, deemed universities and private medical colleges would be covered under NEET and those examinations which had already taken place or were slated to be conducted separately stand scrapped.
(With PTI inputs)
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