Shiksha Polls: 53% Students want a Common National Entrance for Nursing like NEET

Recently a poll was run by shiksha.com to know if the students are willing to appear for a common entrance exam for BSc and MSc nursing programmes. Find out the result of the poll here.

Shiksha Poll: Common Entrance for Nursing

Nursing in India is one of the highly covered professional degree programme for which medical aspirants prepare for after completing 10+2 examination. The nursing entrance exam season generally begins from March every year and extends till October/November (counselling process). As per the Indian Nursing Council, approximately 23,40,501 registered nurses are practicing in India, with around 2,82,219 students completing nursing courses annually.

Being a popular field of interest, recently, shiksha.com ran a poll to seek the opinion of the candidates regarding a national-level entrance exam to be held for nursing courses.

Shiksha Nursing Poll Analysis 2025: National Level Entrance for Nursing Course

The question and options provided in the poll were:

Like MBBS, should there be a common national level entrance for nursing?

• Yes, convenient for admission
• Yes, easier for exam preparation
• No, multiple exams are good
• No, the state quota system works
• Not Sure

Out of all the voters who participate, a maximum respondents seemed to be in favour of this move, as 53% of respondents said yes, it will be convenient for seeking admission as a single score will be accepted by all nursing colleges across India. Around 20% responded that it would be easy for exam preparation as there will be a centralized syllabus to prepare for all the institutes offering nursing programmes. Approximately 12% of candidates said that multiple exams are good. Around 4% had an opinion that state quota works fine for the admission process. The remaining 11% of respondents were not sure about the common national level entrance for nursing for granting admission.

Top Nursing Entrance Exams in India

Here is the list of top nursing entrance exams conducted for aspirants willing to pursue BSc nursing in India:

Candidates can appear for these top nursing entrance exams in the upcoming academic year. There are moderately difficult exams. Among all, to seek admission to the Indian Army BSc nursing programme, a candidate must appear for NEET UG exam.