Chennai: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Neet) 2018, the common medical entrance test to admit students in MBBS and BDS courses, on May 6.
The admission for all the seats except AIIMS and Jipmer will be conducted based on Neet marks.
Sanyam Bhardwaj, joint secretary and officer on special duty (Neet), CBSE, recently communicated the Neet date with all boards to avoid the clash with the Neet (UG) date.
The official notification will be issued on or before January 30 with more details on the examination, sources said.
Last year over 11 lakh students appeared for Neet held on May 7. From Tamil Nadu around 88,000 students have appeared for the exam. It was conducted in 103 cities across the country and 8 cities including Chennai, Vellore, Namakkal, Tiruchi, Madurai, Coimbatore.
After many rounds of litigations, the medical admission was conducted based on Neet marks in the states. There were widespread protests across the state against the entrance test last year following the suicide of medical aspirant and plus 2 toppers Anitha from Ariyalur district.
As per the Supreme Court order, the ministry of health and family welfare has amended Medical Council of India Act & Dental Council of India Acts and made provision for integrated Neet for UG admissions for 65,000 MBBS and 25,000 BDS seats in all government, private medical colleges and deemed to be universities in the country.
