NEET Core Syllabus | NEET Physics Syllabus | NEET Chem. Syllabus | NEET Bio. Syllabus | Note on NEET | NEET Press Release 1. What is NEET?   NEET stands for National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test. NEET has been proposed by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt, of India and Medical Council of India (MCI). NEET has been proposed for: Undergraduate (NEET-UG) Medical Courses like MBBS, BDS etc. Post Graduate (NEET-PG) Medical Courses like M.S., M.D. etc. NEET-UG will be the common entrance test for MBBS course across the country for almost all government and private medical Colleges/Universities. 2. Why NEET?   To create an umbrella or single entrance exam for all medical aspirants in India. Currently, India has 271 Medical Colleges (138 Govt. Colleges + 133 Private Colleges), offering a total of over 31000 MBBS seat. Till now admission to these seats was done through national level and state level entrance exams. There were over 25 such different Medical Entrance Examinations in India for admission into various Govt. & Pvt. Medical colleges. On an average a student appears in 7-9 entrance exams, thereby causing unnecessary stress on them as well as on parents. Additionally, giving so many exams creates lot of financial burden for the parents since each examination involves expenses like Application Fee & commuting to appear for the entrance test in various cities/at various test centres. So NEET will avoid unnecessary wastage of time, effort & money. Moreover, multiple exams also pose the challenge of preparing for different syllabi and patterns for students. This further increases the stress among students. 3. Possible issues due to NEET   NEET will be controlled by the central board; this would induce pressure into the minds of the students belonging to different State boards. Their state medical policies, syllabi and regulations may not be applicable under NEET NEET system does not include the management quota seats; it’s again a big hole in the system. People may doubt the merit listing of NEET. Earlier, the students had many opportunities of writing the entrance tests; on an average, a student would write around 8-10 entrance tests to finally get admitted in his/her dream/desirable medical colleges/universities. So, the chances of getting a seat were high; if a student lost in one entrance exam, then he/she could work and make it on the other, but those opportunities would not be possible in NEET system. It is a single medical entrance system, hence the chance is only one. Hence, if a student loses in this exam, it would end up in shattering his/her dreams on medical field The top notch medical colleges like AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) have not been include in the NEET list. Since it is a single medical entrance system for around 31, 000 medical seats, the consistent of quality and implementation of error-free system is highly questionable! 4. NEET Pattern – Proposed   NEET is proposed to be conducted in on 5th May 2013 (Sunday). The application forms shall be available in 2nd week of November 2012. A student will be able to apply offline or online, based on his/her convenience. Exam Pattern: Total Number of Questions: 180 Qs Physics:       45 Qs Chemistry:  45 Qs Botany:        45 Qs Zoology:      45 Qs Total Time: 3 hours (180 Minutes) 1/4th negative marking Exam Language/Medium: English and Hindi 5. Impact of NEET   NEET shall replace: All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT – the national level medical entrance test for MBBS courses), which till 2012 will be used for admissions into 15% seats of all government medical colleges except that of in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. All individual MBBS entrance exams, which are being organized individually by state or colleges themselves (e.g. AFMC, OJEE, EAMCET, D-PMT, UP-CPMT, U-PMT, R-PMT, HR-PMT, WB-JEE, JK-CET etc.) The government is yet to take a decision on adopting NEET for admission to other allied medical courses viz. veterinary, agriculture, horticulture, nursing courses etc. 6. NEET Merit List & Rankings – Proposed   NEET body (i.e. CBSE) shall provide: National as well as State level ranking or merit list will be prepared for all the appearing candidates Rank Usage for NEET qualified students: National Rank: A student can use National Rank to take admission in any of the NEET affiliated MBBS colleges in India. State Rank: A student can use State Rank to take admission in any of the affiliated colleges in the state from here he/she has done class XI & XII or holds a domicile. The NEET guidelines require that 85 per cent of the MBBS seats in the medical colleges across the state be reserved under the state quota. The remaining 15 per cent remain open to candidates from other states. 7. Benefits of NEET   One common examination for admission into almost all of the MBBS colleges in India. No need to apply for several entrance examinations. The students will be free and relaxed after appearing in only one exam. Stress-level will be considerably reduced which otherwise used to be there due to various entrance examinations spread over a period of three months (April-May-June). Substantial financial savings for parents. 8. NEET Controllers & Syllabus   The NEET has been recommended by MHRD Medical Council of India (MCI) has accepted the recommendation and notified final syllabus for the upcoming NEET on its website. The notified syllabus for NEET- UG has been achieved after review of various State syllabi as well as those prepared by CBSE, NCERT and COBSE. The new syllabus will establish a uniformity across the country keeping in view the relevance of different areas in medical education. NEET will be conducted by CBSE. 9. Eligibility Criteria for NEET – Proposed   XII Academic Eligibility (Minimum percentage): 50% for General category student & 40% for SC/ST/OBC category student in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together (i.e. aggregate). Students must pass Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English subjects individually. Entrance Qualifying Criteria: Qualifying criterion has been changed from 50% of absolute marks in NEET to 50 percentile in NEET to ensure that no seat remains unfilled. Age Eligibility (Minimum percentage): Minimum 17 years at the time of admission Upper age limit relaxed by 5 years for SC/ST/OBC Number of Attempts: A maximum of three attempts 10. NEET – Reservation Policies   The Union health ministry has confirmed the state governments that: Their existing reservation policies would not be disturbed under the proposed scheme State wise eligibility merit lists will be prepared for the respective state authorities to admit students for admission in accordance with their admission criteria in the institutions located in the respective states. 11. NEET – Expected Participation   A minimum estimate is that 8 Lac plus students may appear in the first NEET to be held in May, 2013. The maximum figures could be somewhere between 10 - 11 Lac students. 12. Preparation for NEET   It is expected that a student should start preparing in the beginning of Class-XI and continue till Class-XII (for two years). Since, there will be stiff competition for admission in good institutions like AFMC, MAMC, JIPMER (to secure top ranks in NEET); many students may even start preparing right from Class-IX and X to Class-XII. Since the admission criteria does not include Board marks (apart from minimum eligibility), a student must prepare in a focused manner for NEET, from a reputed national level coaching institute. 13. NEET Sample Papers   No 'official' sample paper has been released so far. A Sample Paper may be expected by CBSE by Sept-Oct 2012. However, some private coaching institutes may make the sample papers available very soon. 14. Role of Coaching for Success in NEET   Since the NEET pattern is going to be a new pattern for all the students across India, they must bank on a national level PMT specialist to achieve their dream of becoming a doctor. The pattern analysis and preparing a student with the help of focused teaching, study material and test papers is what a reputed coaching institute can offer in the uncertain territory of NEET 2013. Since, NEET is going to be a national level exam, a country-wide network of a coaching institute can help a student gauge his/her performance viz-a-viz other students across India, who are preparing for NEET. Experience with various national and state exams with a reputed coaching institute can offer the required edge to students. 15. Motions reported against NEET   Among the states that were against the introduction of NEET in 2012 included West Bengal, Maharashtra, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Gujarat and Goa had showed readiness to join NEET from 2013-14 Andhra Pradesh had sought exemption for two years, saying it would join from 2014-15   Disclaimer: The MHRD & MCI till date (as on 18-Sept 2012) has confirmed that the NEET is final and is scheduled to happen in 2013 for academic session 2013-2014. The syllabus for the same has also been uploaded on MCI website. Apart from this there is no official information with regards to the exam pattern, exact date, eligibility etc. The information about NEET furnished here through this document is based on various press releases available on websites (Govt./Private) and print/electronic media reports which are available in public domain (offline/online) and their analysis at our end along with our inputs/views. The document is prepared & shared for students community in the larger public interest and should be used for reference only. There may be change/revision/improvement/addition/deletion in the information about NEET by the Govt./MHRD/MCI; hence student/parents are advised to consider the 'official' information released by Govt./MHRD/MCI is the final information.