Cabinet Clears Ordinance to Keep State Boards out of NEET

The next phase of the exam is scheduled for 24 July. (Photo: iStockPhoto)

• The government approved promulgation of an ordinance to keep state boards out of the ambit of uniform medical entrance examination, NEET, for one academic year, on Friday.
  
  
• The executive order is aimed at “partially” overturning a Supreme Court verdict which said all government colleges, deemed universities and private medical colleges would be covered under NEET. The next phase of the exam is scheduled for 24 July.
  
  
• Once the ordinance is issued, students of state government boards will not have to sit for NEET on 24 July. They, however, will have to become part of the uniform entrance exam from next academic session, government sources clarified. The exam will be applicable for those applying for Central government and private medical colleges.
  

(With inputs from PTI)