President gives nod for uniform admission test to medical, dental courses
NEW DELHI: There will be single test-National Eligibility cum Entrance Exam (NEET) for admissions to medical and dental courses across the country, as President Pranab Mukherjee has given nod to two bills recently passed by Parliament in this regard.
Mr Mukherjee has given assent to Indian Medical Council Amendment Bill 2016 and Dentists Amendment Bill 2016. Officials said.These laws were passed by the Rajya Sabha on August 1 to pave the way for NEET, which is designed to curb corruption by bringing in transparency, checking multiplicity of exams and to stop exploitation of students in counselling. The laws had got the Lok Sabha nod last month.
The two Acts mandate a uniform entrance examination for admission to all medical and dental educational institutions running postgraduate and undergraduate courses.“There shall be conducted a uniform entrance examination to all medical educational institutions at the undergraduate level and post-graduate level through such designated authority in Hindi, English and such other languages…,” reads the law. The same provision is for admission to dental educational institutes.
The NEET is intended to be introduced from the academic year 2017—18.These legislations have amended the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, and the Dentists Act, 1948, and replaced the Ordinances that were promulgated by the government to circumvent the Supreme Court order for implementation of NEET examination from this session itself.
