President Pranab signs NEET ordinance

May 24, 2016 10:14

President Pranab Mukherjee signs Ordinance on National Eligibility cum Entrance Test.

Mukherjee had on Monday sought more information and clarification on few points from the Health Ministry over the decision to bring an Ordinance on uniform medical entrance examination NEET that seeks to keep state boards out of its purview.

The ordinance, cleared by the Union Cabinet earlier on Friday, is aimed at "partially" overturning a Supreme Court order which said all government colleges, deemed universities and private medical colleges would be covered under NEET.

The president has also sought the opinion of in-house legal experts on the ordinance. The assent of the president is still awaited.

Clarifying that the exemption is only for the state government seats, government sources had said the state seats which are earmarked in the private medical colleges have also been exempted.

Different states earmark seats in various private medical colleges for state quota so that students from one state can get seats in another state.

The next phase of the exam is scheduled for July 24.

Nearly 6.5 lakh students have already taken the medical entrance test in the first phase of NEET held on May 1

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