Changes in NEET-SS exam will be implemented from next year- Modi government informed Supreme Court

Students wear face masks to appear for NEET in Srinagar on 13 September 2020. ani photo

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New Delhi: The Center on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that in the interest of students, it has decided to implement changes in the pattern of NEET-Super Specialty exam from the academic year 2022-23.

A bench of Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Vikram Nath and Justice BV Nagarathna recorded the arguments of Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati and disposed of the petitions of the students who have decided to implement the changes in the exam pattern of NEET-Super Specialty from this year. challenged the earlier decision.

The bench, however, said that it was leaving open the question on the validity of the changes made in the exam pattern.

On Tuesday, the apex court had given one last chance to the Center to take a call to organize its house and reverse the changes made in the NEET-Super Specialty Exam 2021.

An aggrieved apex court had said that medical profession and education has become a profession, and now, the regulation of medical education has also gone that way which is the tragedy of the country.

The apex court was not satisfied with the justification given by the Centre, the National Board of Examinations (NBE) and the National Medical Commission (NMC) for making the last-minute changes after the notification for the examination was issued in July.

The top court was hearing petitions of 41 post graduate doctors and others who had challenged the last-minute changes in the syllabus after the notification for the exams to be held on July 13 and November 14 was issued on 23 July.


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