NEET UG counselling 2024 expected to begin by end of July, hint official sources; no date notified so far
As per sources, process of issuing permission letters to some medical colleges was still underway and additional seats were likely to be added.
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The counselling session was likely to begin in the first week of July. However, the counselling authorities had not notified any date or schedule.
The sources said issuing permission letters to some medical colleges was still underway, and additional seats were likely to be added.
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"The date of counselling will be announced once the exercise gets over to ensure seats of the new colleges can be taken up in the first round itself," an official source said.
They said the counselling process might begin later this month. Amid growing clamour for cancellation of the controversy-ridden National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG), 2024, over alleged malpractice, the Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA) told the Supreme Court on Friday that scrapping it without any proof of large-scale breach of confidentiality would be counterproductive as it could "seriously jeopardise" lakhs of honest candidates.
Last month, the apex court refused to defer the counselling process. It was hearing a petition seeking a direction to pause the process for two days.
The NTA, which conducts NEET-UG for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, and other related courses, and the Union education ministry have been the centre of media debates and protests by students and political parties over alleged large-scale malpractice—ranging from question paper leaks to impersonation—in the test held on May 5.
In the line of fire over the alleged irregularities in NEET-UG and PhD entrance NET, the Centre removed Subodh Singh as the NTA director general and notified a high-level panel headed by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief R Radhakrishnan to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations through the agency.
While NEET-UG is under scrutiny over several irregularities, the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) was cancelled after the education ministry received input that the integrity of the exam was compromised.
