West Bengal Passes Resolution Against NEET; Third State After Tamil Nadu, Karnataka To Scrap NEET
West Bengal legislative assembly passed a resolution against NEET for medical course admission in the state claiming they were never in favour of conducting a national-level exam and were persuaded instead.
West Bengal has joined the list of states against the NEET exam for admission to medical courses. Today, West Bengal became the second state after Tamil Nadu, third overall, to pass a resolution against NEET scores for state medical college admission. Besides, the state has shown its willingness to revert back to the old system of medical course admission in West Bengal.
West Bengal to Scrap NEET for Medical Admission
Reportedly, WB State Education Minister Bratya Basu said that they were never in favour of having a national-level entrance exam but were persuaded, as reported by NDTV. He further expressed that "When the exams were handed over to the Centre in the brazen step of dismantling the federal structure, there were protests from our side."
The state's resolution was made public a day after Apex Court's verdict to not conduct the NEET re-exam due to a lack of conclusive evidence proving the sanctity of the exam was breached. Besides, West Bengal scrap NEET for admission in medical programmes owing to NTA's alleged inability to conduct free and fair entrance examinations and protect the sanctity of the national-level entrance examination.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu assembly unanimously passed a resolution demanding the Centre to scrap NEET and permit state governments to conduct either their own medical entrance exam or allow admission based on merit in the qualifying examination.
Meanwhile, earlier this month, The Karnataka cabinet approved a proposal to scrap medical exams in the state. However, the proposal is yet to be ratified in both houses of the assembly.
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Q: How will I come to know when the NEET result is announced?
NTA announces the NEET result or scorecard download information on the official exam website. Various media portals and social media platforms also announce the declaration of results. Test takers are advised to keep a check on the official websites as well as opt for notifications or alerts at the news and social media platforms to get instantly notified about the declaration of NEET result. Moreover, they also get the NEET result information from their teachers or peers.
Q: Where can I check the NEET result?
The NEET result will be declared on the official websites of NTA and NEET. The URLs where the result or the scorecard of NEET 2025 will be available for download are as follows:
- exams.nta.ac.in/NEET
- neet.ntaonline.in
- nta.ac.in
The above mentioned websites carry the official notice about the NEET result declaration, procedure and links to download the scorecard.
Q: After how many days of the exam is the NEET result declared?
In general, the result of NEET is declared approximately after one-and-a-half months of conducting the exam. Based on the previous years' trends, it has been observed that the NEET exam is conducted in the first week of May and the result is declared in the second week of June. In the official notification released by NTA regarding the exam date announcement, the conducting body has stated that the NEET 2024 result will be declared in the second week of June. The exam is slated to be held on May 5. Hence, it can be stated that the NEET result is declared approximately after 1.5 months of the exam conduct.
Q: When will NTA release the NEET 2025 result?
NTA released the re-revised scorecard on July 26, 2024. In this scorecard, the score has been revised as per the Supreme Court verdict of removing the bonus marks awarded earlier for the controversial Physics question, and deducting one mark from those who marked incorrect answer options. The city and centre-wise result data such as number of candidates appeared and scores obtained, by masking candidates' personal data was released on July 21, as per the Supreme Court order given on the hearing dated July 18, 2024. The NEET 2024 result for the re-exam, which was conducted on June 23, was declared on July 1, day day after the slated date. The final answer keys for the NEET 2024 re-exam was released by June 30, ahead of the result declaration. Earlier, the result of NEET 2024 was declared by NTA on June 4, 2024, 10 days ahead of the original schedule, which was June 14, 2024. NTA released the final NEET answer keys on June 4, prior to the release of the NEET result 2024. The NEET result was declared in an online mode. Candidates have to log in with their registration credentials or application number and date of birth, and download their scorecard in PDF format. NTA also released the merit list containing the name, Roll Number, All India Rank and Percentile of the candidates. Along with the NEET 2024 scorecard, NTA also released the NEET 2024 cutoff marks or the qualifying marks/scores.
Q: What is the validity of the NEET scorecard?
NEET score card is valid for admission to the current academic session only. NEET 2024 result cannot be carried forward for admission to the 2025-26 academic session. Hence, in case a candidate fails to qualify for NEET 2024 or unable to take admission in that academic year, then they have to appear for NEET next year and seek admission. Beyond a year, the NEET scorecard will just be another document or a record to prove the appearance in NEET.
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