Aadhaar not needed for NEET 2018 Application

The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, 7th March that Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory for submitting National Medical Entrance Test NEET application form.

The court limited is interim order to the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), through which students for undergraduate medical courses are selected.

NEET 2018 exam – which will be conducted by CBSE is scheduled to be held on May 6. The last date for submission of NEET 2018 application form is March 9. The court said CBSE should accept alternative proof of identity such as passport, driving licence, voter identity card etc. instead of insisting on Aadhaar cards.

Attorney-General K.K Venugopal, representing the Center, submitted that neither the government nor the Aadhaar issuer had asked the CBSE to make the card mandatory for NEET. The Attorney-General said the CBSE had on its own volition decided to insist on Aadhaar cards.  

However, in the same breath, Venugopal said the authorities had received complaints of a large number of impersonations for the NEET. 
Updated 9th March 2018: The CBSE has extended the last date for submitting the National Medical Entrance Exam - NEET 2018 applications to March 12.

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CBSE makes NEET a must for foreign MBBS, also disallow students of NIOS and other Private Boards

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) issued a notification on Friday, 9th Feb 2018 on NEET 2018 introducing some new requirements and changes:

Students wanting to pursue MBBS or any other undergraduate medicine courses in foreign universities will have to clear the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) from this year, 2018.

The notification also bars students paying out of open schools from taking NEET. This means students passing from National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) will not be able to take the NEET 2018, to be conducted by the CBSE. Private students passing out from other boards are also not allowed to take the NEET.

"The ministry of health has decided that candidates who wish to pursue MBBS or BDS from foreign medical colleges and foreign medical colleges need to qualify the NEET," said the information bulletin issued by the CBSE.

The Medical Council of India (MCI) which regulates medical education said the provision of NEET qualification has been introduced to ensure that only meritorious students go for medical education to foreign countries. According to one MCI sources, "Indian students mostly go to former USER countries, China and the Philippines. When they come back, they appear in an exam to be able to practice. But less than 25% students qualify the exam to be able to medical practice. The NEET qualification will ensure quality to some extent."

An NIOS official said the students paying out of the institutions were allowed to take NEET till last year. The MCI sources said the NIOS students, who pursue education in the correspondence mode, did not have practical classes and so could not be allowed to appear for the NEET (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test).

As per the CBSE notice to be eligible for NEET one needs to have studied physics, chemistry, biology or bio-technology in the past two years of their 12 - year schooling.

 Some More Information about NEET

v   The state governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have decided to offer the 15% all India quotas in medical colleges run by them. As the two states had earlier not participated in the programme, students from these states could not apply for admission under 15% quota in other states. Now that the two states have decided to implement the reservation, medical aspirants from these two states can apply for MBBS admission in colleges in other states under the all India quota.

v   The CBSE will hold the NEET in English and other regional languages like - Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

v   The results of NEET 2018 will be declared on 5th June 2018. NEET clearance is a must for all students seeking to study MBBS, BDS, and undergraduate medicine in India and abroad.

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NEET and JEE Main to be conducted twice a year by NTA instead of CBSE

The Center is considering to conduct the Entrance tests (NEET, JEE Main) for admissions to undergraduate courses in medical and engineering twice a year from 2019.

The government is in the process of setting up a National Testing Agency (NTA) which may start its operations from 2019. The agency will take over all the entrance tests now conducted by CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education). These entrance tests are NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) for MBBS admission, the JEE Main (Joint Entrance Examination Main) for B.Tech courses and the NET (National Eligibility Test) for selecting teachers eligible to be appointed in colleges and universities.

"The NTA (National Testing Agency) will initially conduct those entrance examinations which are currently being conducted by the CBSE ... Other examinations, tests will be taken up gradually after the NTA is fully geared up ... The entrance examinations will be conducted in online mode at least twice a year, giving adequate opportunity to candidates to bring out their best," HRD Minister of State Upendra Kushwaha said in a written answer in the Lok Sabha.

At present all these entrance tests NEET, JEE Main, NET etc. are held once in a year. If the proposal is passed, then from 2019 National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) will be conducted twice a year by NTA instead of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). NTA will also locate the examination centers at sub-district and district levels.

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EduNews: CBSE guidelines about Aadhaar requirement to apply JEE Main 2018

Aadhaar requirement for Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) - 2018

CBSE JEE Main (Joint Entrance Examination Main) Unit

In reference to the Admission Notification for JEE Main 2018 by CBSE regarding the provision of Aadhaar at the time of filling online application for Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) 2018, following guidelines / clarifications have been issued as per the latest CBSE notice (on 7^th Dec’17):

1. The use of Aadhaar for the applicants of JEE (Main) 2018 will result in accuracy of the applicants’ details. This will also help in ascertaining identities of the applicants at the examination centres in a convenient and hassle free manner. Aadhaar obviates the need for producing multiple documents to prove one’s identity.

2. The provisions of Aadhaar Act and regulations under the Act have come into effect from 14^th Sept’16 and according to CBSE circular, notifications to the effect were published in their official gazette. Section 57 of Aadhaar Act 2016 permits the use of Aadhaar Number for establishing the identity of an individual for any purpose pursuant to any law or any contract to this effect.

GUIDELINES FOR AADHAAR AUTHENTICATION BEFORE APPLYING JEE MAIN 2018

3. The notice says accordingly, CBSE has decided to use Aadhaar for the applicants of JEE Main 2018, and hereby notifies the following -

a.   Applicants, who are in the possession of Aadhaar, shall enter Aadhaar number, name, date of birth, gender in online application for JEE (Main) 2018 for the purpose of his/her identity and authentication thereof.

b.    Applicants not yet enrolled for Aadhaar, are hereby required to make application for Aadhaar enrolment in case he/she is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per section 3 Aadhaar Act. Such applicant may visit any Aadhaar enrolment center to get enrolled for Aadhaar.

4. The above provisions shall be applicable in all states except J&K, Assam & Meghalaya.

5. The applicants who have passed or appearing in Class 12 examination from the states of J&K, Assam & Meghalaya need to enter the passport number, ration card number, bank account number (nationalised bank) or any valid Govt. identity number provided they should select the city of examination in these states only.           

Further Contact

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Tel: 7042399520, 7042399521, 7042399526

Web: www.jeemain.nic.in

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EduNews: Odisha joins JEE Main 2018

The Odisha government on Thursday confirmed is participation in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main 2018) conducted by CBSE and urged students from Odisha to enrol themselves for this. According to CBSE notification, online application process for JEE Main 2018 will start from December 1.

Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Nagaland are some other states which also decided to join Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main 2018) system recently.

How to apply JEE Main - 2018 (Joint Entrance Examination Main 2018), eligibility, deadline etc click:

JEE Main - 2018 Admission Notification by CBSE

JEE Main - 2018 Admission Notification by CBSE

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

Admission Notice Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) - 2018

CBSE has issued a notice that in pursuance of MHRD, Govt of India, the 6th Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) 2018 will be conducted on 8-April-18 (Sunday) by the JEE  Apex Board for admission to undergraduate engineering programmes in NITS, IITs and other centrally funded technical institutions etc.

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The states of Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Nagaland & Odisha have joined JEE (Main) system. Therefore, the candidates seeking admission to the institutions in these states, which were earlier admitting based on their state level examinations, are also advised to fill in JEE (Main) - 2018 application form online.

The JEE (Main) will also be an eligibility test for JEE (Advanced ),  which the candidate has to take if he/she is aspiring for admission to the undergraduate programmes offered by the IITs& ISM. The candidates are advised to see the JEE (Advanced) website www.jeeadv.ac.in for information related to JEE (Advanced).

The detailed information bulletin containing details of examination, syllabus, eligibility criteria to appear and more wool be available on JEE (Main) website www.jeemain.nic.in on 20.11.2017. The aspiring candidates are requested to download the information bulletin from above mentioned website only and read the same carefully before applying.  The eligibility criteria for JEE (Main) and JEE (Advanced) are different. Candidates need to read the information bulletin carefully and ensure their eligibility as per the criteria laid down for JEE (Main) and JEE (Advanced).

The process of Aadhaar authentication before submission of online form will be notified by CBSE separately.

How to Apply, Deadline

The aspiring candidates have to apply online only through JEE (Main) website www.jeemain.nic.in.

The online application starts: 1-Dec-2017.

Last date for application: 1-Jan-2018.

Last date for payment of fees: 2-Jan-2018.

Further Contact

Executive Director (JAB)

H-149, Sector-63

Noida - 201309

Tel: 7042399520, 7042399521, 7042399526

Web: www.jeemain.nic.in

E-mail: jeemain@nic.in