NEET PG 2024 results to be prepared using AIIMS INI CET normalisation method: NBEMS

NEW DELHI: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Science (NBEMS) has adopted the process which is currently being used by All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi (AIIMS New Delhi) for its various examinations in NEET PG result preparation. After the Supreme Court dismissed the plea to postpone the NEET PG exam 2024, the board will administer the entrance exam tomorrow, August 11.

“NBEMS has adopted the process which is currently being used by AIIMS-New Delhi for its various examinations conducted in more than one shift including but not limited to INI-CET, in preparation of results for NEET-PG 2024,” the latest notification read.

The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test postgraduate (NEET PG 2024) exam will be held tomorrow in two shifts. The mandatory time-bound sections and multiple shifts were introduced this year. Notably, the senior advocate Sanjay Hedge, appearing for petitioners yesterday, told the apex court that the number of exam centres were reduced from 1,200 to 500. He also argued that the two-shift system will be “problematic” for normalisation of marks.

However, the NBEMS in its latest circular has provided a clarity on how the NEET PG results 2024 will be prepared using the AIIMS normalization method for Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI CET).

How will NEET PG percentile be calculated

As per the AIIMS entrance exam rule for multiple shifts, “Applicants would be allotted into different groups(shifts) randomly such that these groups are approximately equal in number. This will ensure that there is no bias in the distribution of candidates who take the examination. Further, with a large population of examinees spread over the entire country, such a possibility of bias becomes remote.”

In line with the rule, the NEET PG exam results for each shift will be prepared in the form of raw scores, percentages, and percentiles (up to 7 decimal places) separately for each of the subjects. It further clarified that the percentile of the total shall not be an aggregate or average of the percentile of individual subjects.

That is, percentile scores are the relative performance of all candidates who appear for the examination. The marks obtained by them are transformed into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each group (shift) of examinees. Therefore, the NEET percentile score will indicate the percentage of candidates who have scored equal to or below the particular percentile in the exam. And so, the topper in each shift will get 100 percentile, which is desirable.