NEET 2021 exam date: Mixed bag of reaction from students

NEW DELHI: After the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the exam date for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET 2021) for undergraduate medical admissions, students have expressed mixed reactions on Twitter. NEET 2021 will be conducted on August 1. The exam will be held in pen and paper-based mode in 11 languages. For over months, social media was flooded with requests addressing the education minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, to announce the NEET exam date.

As per the notification, the NEET exam will be held once a year, which is not happy news for candidates who were requesting the education minister to conduct NEET 2021 twice a year. They have shared their disappointments in several ways on social media.

Students in favour of NEET 2021 exam date

A student has requested the NTA to release the NEET application form now.

@DrRPNishank @EduMinOfIndia @DG_NTA EXAM DATE 1 AUG 2021 Now kindly provide the application form of National Eligibility cum Entrance test #NEET2021 pic.twitter.com/3aWR73HT1H

— @NEET Aspriant (@IAmJNS2) March 12, 2021

“A very big thanks......can't imagine what you guys have done by announcing the date” an aspirant said.

A VERY BIG THANKS......can't imagine what you guys have done by announcing the date??????

— neet2021 (@Jeeneet6) March 12, 2021

Thanking the NTA for announcing the date, a student tweeted, “Thanks a lot NTA....we still have four months to make the best out of it.”

Thanks a lot NTA....we still have four months to make the best out of it...????

— POUSHALI BOSE (@POUSHALIBOSE4) March 12, 2021

With the announcement of NEET exam date, a candidate said that they can now stay connected with their studies.

I was waiting for this update since long...now finally we can stay connected with our studies

— Rimzim_paryani (@ParyaniRimzim) March 12, 2021

NEET 2021 exam date: disappointments

A student requested the authorities to conduct NEET exam either in June or in two phases.

It's very tormenting to get so much delay. Either conduct in June or conduct in 2 phases, one in June and next in August 1

— Nixita Kashyap (@Nixi049) March 12, 2021

One of the aspirants questioned if JEE can be conducted four times, then why not NEET?

The logic that the respective official gave behind not conducting NEET twice .. was too irrelevant. We have been already practising stuffs online for past few months.. also 3-4 months is kinda enough to practice for CBT.
If JEE can be conducted four times then why not NEET?

— Otaku_15 (@Eva10301) March 12, 2021

“Please reconsider your decision and organize 2 NEET (UG) exams in this pandemic year. Don't deprive medical aspirants. These batches could not attend conventional classes in entire class XII. We need more doctors in India,” a NEET aspirant tweeted.

Please reconsider your decision and organize 2 NEET (UG) exams in this pandemic year. Don't deprive medical aspirants. These batch could not attend conventional classes in entire class XII. We need more doctors in India. @DrRPNishank @EduMinOfIndia @PMO_NaMo @PMOIndia

— Koushik Chattopadhya (@kou_chat) March 12, 2021

NEET 2021 application form date

The application form of NEET 2021 will be released soon at ntaneet.nic.in. Only eligible candidates can complete NEET registration 2021 till the last date. The application form can be filled in five steps - NEET registration, filling of the form, uploading of scanned images, payment of fees and printout of the confirmation page.

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