NEET-UG 2021 registration reaches record numbers

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG has crossed the 16-lakh registrations mark for the first time, as per the TOI report.

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG has for the first time witnessed crossing the 16-lakh registrations mark, as per the TOI report.

TOI has accessed the registration data that suggests that the number of registrations has significantly increased in the last five years. In 2017, it was 11.4 lakh and in 2021, it was 16.1 lakh. The number of registration has also increased by nearly one lakh in the post-pandemic period. The number of female candidates has grown by 40.8%.

Students preference for Indian languages in NEET-UG goes up

The number of NEET-UG aspirants appearing in Indian languages increased significantly in the last five years. In 2017, it was 1.1 lakh and in 2021, it reached 3.4 lakh. The exam is conducted in 13 languages, including 12 Indian languages.

The number of students who opted for the Hindi language for NEET-UG has more than doubled in the five years. In 2017, it was 1.2 lakh and in 2021, it reached 2.3 lakh. Other than Hindi, other languages also witnessed a gradual increase. After Hindi, the Gujarati language witnessed the highest number with approximately 50, 000 aspirants and next in the series are Bengali and Tamil with 35,000 and 20,000 candidates respectively.

About NEET-UG

NEET-UG is the national level qualifying exam for admission to various medical courses including, the bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (MBBS), BSc(H) Nursing courses, bachelor of dental surgery (BDS), Bachelor of Ayurveda, medicine and surgery (BAMS), Bachelor of Unani medicine and surgery (BUMS), Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery (BSMS), and bachelor of homoeopathic medicine and surgery (BHMS).

Despite the growing demand of the students to further postpone NEET-UG, the National Testing Agency (NTA) is all set to conduct the exam on September 12, 2021.

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