#NEET2021: Does India need only engineers? not doctors?; Students question Education Minister

Candidates must note that the NEET Application form 2021 and NEET examination schedule 2021 will be released on the official website of NTA- ntaneet.ac.in.

Soon after Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced the JEE-Advanced 2021 exam dates, the social media was stormed by students seeking clarity on the schedule for National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2021. Several students took to Twitter and requested the education minister to announce the NEET 2021 exam dates .

Some of the students also requested the Education Minister to consider holding the NEET 2021 exam twice in a year which is presently held once annually. 

With the delay in the announcement of NEET 2021 dates, many have been questioning the Education Minister if only focusing on JEE Main, IIT eligibility criteria and JEE Advanced dates would solve the problem of ‘all the students of this nation’.  "Sir, what about #neet2021 ?? Atlast you announce the date of IIT-JEE also but there is no clarify on NEET. Does India need only engineers ?? not doctors ??" a NEET aspirant wrote on Twitter.

Education Minister on January 7, 2020, announced the JEE Advanced 2021 dates and changes in its eligibility criteria. He said that the JEE Advanced 2021 exam will be conducted by the IIT Kharagpur on July 03.

As soon as information about the announcement of JEE Advanced dates was shared by the Ministry of Education, questions like ‘What about NEET dates?’ started floating on Twitter timelines. While some requested Mr. Pokhriyal to give clarity others showed distress as they said, “Please give relaxation to NEET aspirants too like JEE aspirants and please announce the dates as soon as possible," another student said.

Given the present situation where CBSE 10th Board Exam 2021 dates and CBSE 12th Board Exam 2021 are now scheduled to be conducted in May, the possibility of conducting NEET 2021 in May can be safely ruled out. Candidates must note that the NEET Application form 2021 and NEET examination schedule 2021 will be released on the official website of NTA- ntaneet.ac.in. 

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