NEET 2025 in Assam to Be Conducted Only in Government Schools, Announces CM
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced that NEET 2025, the entrance exam for UG medical and dental admissions, will be conducted only in government schools across the state. The decision has also been approved by the Union Minister.
The National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) examination will be conducted only in Government schools of Assam. The announcement has been made by the Chief Minster of the state, Himanta Biswa Sarma. Following this, the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has also approved the request of the CM. In addition, the state government has begun correspondence with the center in this regard. The NEET UG entrance exam 2025 will take place on May 4 across India.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has raised his concerns over the conduct of the critical medical exam in private educational institutions, expressing concerns about potential irregularities and risks to the exam's integrity, as reported by TOI.
The Chief Minister, on social media platform Facebook, said "I asked Union Minister if we could conduct the NEET exam in government schools under strict surveillance and security. He accepted my proposal and agreed to implement changes to conduct NEET exclusively in government schools in Assam. We have already communicated with the central government, and NEET exam centres for May will be set up only in government schools in Assam."
"Extensive verification, including Aadhaar and biometric authentication, would be utilized to prevent cheating. Without criticizing previous NEET selections, we aim to assure more careful scrutiny this year", CM stated further.
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In case candidates are not allotted any seat in the second round of the NEET UG counselling, the earlier allotted seat in Round 1 will be retained. However, on up-gradation of a seat in the second round, the earlier allotted seat in Round 1 will automatically be cancelled and allotted to another candidate. Therefore, candidates are advised to fill in only higher choices or any other choice which they prefer over the earlier allotted seat, for second round.
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