SC Hearing on NEET PG 2024 Answer Key Today; What Happened So Far?
The Supreme Court will hear a long-pending petition seeking transparency in the NEET-PG 2024 assessment procedure today, on the other hand, NEET-PG 2025 applicants urging for a single-shift exam to ensure fairness in the conduction of the entrance examination.
The Supreme Court will hear today the long-pending petition seeking the release of the answer key of the National Eligibility-Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2024 examination. Subsequently, the Supreme Court panel is going to hear the case on the NEET PG 2024 answer key in between when the medical community across the country urges the National Board of Examinations (NBE) and the Union Health Ministry to conduct the upcoming NEET PG 2025 exam in a single shift to ensure transparency.
In September 2024, a group of NEET PG aspirants filed an appeal before the Supreme Court, alleging that NBE, which conducted the NEET PG 2024 exam, lacked transparency and compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The plea was filed in the month of September last year and was deferred several times.
NEET PG 2024 SC Hearing Updates
On September 20, the Apex Court expressed dissatisfaction with last-minute changes in the NEET PG exam pattern and termed it 'unusual'. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra had issued notices to the NBE and Union Government to submit their clarification within a week, as reported by Medical Dialogues.
However, the case on September 30 was further postponed due to the absence of a representative from the Central Government. On that particular afternoon, CJI Chandrachud requested that all Additional Solicitor Generals (ASGs) attend the next hearing on October 4, 2024. Later, on October 25, the case was again postponed after the NBE informed the Apex Court that, while they had filed an elaborate answer, the Union Government had not.
Aspirants Demanding NEET PG 2025 in Single Shift
Meanwhile, the medical fraternity is urging that the NEET PG exam 2025 be conducted in a single shift instead of two shifts. The doctors across the country have shared dissatisfaction with the normalisation formula implemented last year for marks calculation.
Read more:
- NEET PG 2025 Notification Soon; Information Brochure Expected Shortly @natboard.edu.in
- GPAT 2025 Information Brochure on March 27; Know Details to Check in Bulletin
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NEET PG answer key helps candidates to predict tentative score in the exam. Candidates do get an idea whether they will get high or low rank in the exam. If a candidate get high score in the answer key, he/she can shortlist top colleges/institutes for admission. If the answer key gets him low score, candidates can look for other alternatives. In short, the answer key helps candidates to make forward planning about the future course of action related to their career.
Yes, the unofficial answer key is reliable as it is prepared by an expert panel of coaching institutes. Having said that, the unofficial answer key may not be 100% correct as it is prepared on the basis of memory based questions asked from exam taking candidates. Candidates must note NBE doesn't release the official answer key for the exam. NEET PG answer key helps candidates to predict a tentative score with the help of marking scheme.
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Till this year, the official NEET PG answer key was not released by National Board of Examinations (NBE). NEET PG 2025 answer key along with response sheet and question ID was uploaded online and candidates will have to download it. The unofficial answer key for NEET PG is released a couple of days after the exam by some coaching centres. These answer key is based on responses of exam taking candidates. The answer key is prepared by experts on the basis of momory-based questions. The answer key helps candidates to predict the tentative score in the exam.