Supreme Court forbids states from holding medical entrance tests

New Delhi, May 10: In a significant order, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected pleas of state governments and minority institutions to allow them to hold separate entrance exams for MBBS and BDS courses for the academic year 2016-17 saying only NEET provides for conducting such test for admission to these courses. The apex court put to rest all confusion by refusing to modify its 28 April order by which it had allowed Centre and CBSE to conduct a single common entrance test for admission to MBBS and BDS courses through National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET). The top court had approved the schedule put before it by the Centre, CBSE and Medical Medical Council of India (MCI) for treating All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) fixed for 1 May as NEET-1. Those who have not applied for AIPMT will be given opportunity to appear in NEET-II on 24 July and the combined result would be declared on 17 August so that the admission process can be completed by 30 September.   First Post