NEET 2021 on August 1; Check preparation tips during lockdown

NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on August 1, 2021. NEET 2021 will be held for admission to undergraduate medical, dental, AYUSH, veterinary courses in all colleges of India. Following the pandemic, the nation-wide lockdown has been implemented. All the schools, colleges and coaching institutes have been closed resulting in confusion among candidates. Students who are preparing for the medical exam have a lot of queries on how to prepare for NEET 2021 during lockdown.

Last year, the NEET exam was postponed twice due to COVID-19 pandemic. The exam was conducted on September 13, 2020, across 3,863 centres of India. A total of 15,97,435 candidates registered, while only 13.66,945 appeared for the NEET exam.

NEET 2021 preparation during lockdown

With the help of the tips to prepare for NEET 2021 during lockdown, aspirants can prepare their strategy for exam. Here are some important NEET preparation tips during COVID lockdown.

• Understand the NEET pattern

Before starting the NEET preparation, it is imperative to be familiar with the pattern of the exam.

NEET exam pattern

• Prepare a plan and follow it rigorously

One of the most difficult things during the lockdown NEET preparation is the lack of routine and discipline. Therefore, aspirants need to prepare their timetable to prepare for the entrance exam. In the timetable, students must divide their routine in appropriate slots of subject-wise study, mock test practice, revision of topics and others. The most important part is to follow the NEET timetable regularly with utmost sincerity.

• Refer NCERT and best books for NEET

As per the NEET experts and previous year toppers, candidates must focus on NCERT books for Physics, Chemistry and Biology to begin the NEET preparations. The toppers suggest that in the beginning, aspirants should not refer to multiple sources of preparations without completing the NCERT syllabus. Here are some best books for NEET 2021 which students can refer to.

Best books of NEET

• Revise the important chapters

Since the NEET syllabus is vast and remembering all the topics, formulas and concepts is very difficult. The best way of remembering the syllabus is to revise the important chapters of NEET. Candidates must ensure that they go through each and every topic at least three to four times. While revising, aspirants must emphasize on the NEET chapter-wise weightage and master them. Students must ensure that they practice a variety of questions with higher weightage during NEET preparation in the lockdown.

• Practice using previous year question papers

During the lockdown, students have ample time to prepare for NEET 2021 during lockdown and attempt the mock tests. As per the NEET educator at Unacademy, Mayank Joshi, "In addition to mastering the syllabus, aspirants should also have to practice using mock tests, previous years question papers and others. Also one or two full time mock tests should also be taken while preparing NEET 2021 during lockdown. Using the last 10 years of NEET question papers, mock tests, candidates can analyse their mistakes, strengths and weaknesses, and areas of improvement."

NEET 2021

NTA will conduct NEET exam for admission to 83,075 MBBS, 26,949 BDS, 52,720 AYUSH and 525 BVSc and AH, 1899 AIIMS and 249 JIPMER seats. Also, as per the NTA notice released, the scores of NEET 2021 will be used for BSc nursing and BSc life sciences admissions. However, students are requesting the NTA to postpone the NEET 2021 exam.

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