NEET PG 2025 likely in mid next year? Aspirants, doctors speculate on exam date
Vagisha Kaushik | November 7, 2024 | 07:48 PM IST | 2 mins read
NEET PG 2025 exam date will be announced on natboard.edu.in. Medicos, students weigh in on expected exam dates.
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Use NowNEW DELHI: Given the delayed counselling this year, the National Eligibility Entrance Test - Postgraduate (NEET PG) 2025 is expected to be held in March 2025 or mid-2025, doctors and PG medical aspirants speculate. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will conclude the registrations for the very first round of NEET PG counselling 2024 on November 17.
As per the NEET PG 2024 counselling schedule , the admission process will go on till January 2025. Four rounds of counselling are conducted for admission to MD, MS, DNB, PG Diploma seats through NEET PG exam, and the last round, namely stray vacancy round, ends in the last days of January, with the reporting deadline being January 30.
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) is expected to announce the NEET PG 2025 exam date in November or December based on past years’ trends. This year, the PG medical entrance exam was conducted on August 11 after being postponed twice. Initially scheduled for March 3, the NEET PG exam date was revised to July 7 which was further changed to August.
For the first time in the exam’s history, NEET PG was held in two shifts, a move which left several candidates irked and eventually sparked a controversy with alleged irregularities in NEET PG results. The Supreme Court, which heard a battery of lawyers, is yet to announce its verdict on the plea for display of answer key, response sheets, and raw scores.
NEET PG 2025 exam date
According to a breast cancer surgeon, Rohan Khandelwal, the NEET PG 2025 is likely to be held after March. “NEET PG 2024 counselling schedule is out, with Round 3 extending until mid-Jan. Considering this, NEET PG 2025 exams are likely postponed to March or later. For those on the borderline, keep studying - if your desired seat isn’t secured, there may not be much prep time left!,” the doctor said in a post on X.
Adding to his statement, activist and doctor, Dhruv Chauhan said that the exam will never be held before May. Meanwhile, an ENT surgeon thinks that NEET PG 2025 is most likely to be conducted in the middle of next year.
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