NBEMS has sought the Supreme Court's permission to conduct the NEET PG 2025 exam on August 3. Recurring delays and concerns over fairness raise alarms among aspirants.
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Try NowAnu Parthiban | June 4, 2025 | 11:54 AM IST
NEET PG 2025 Postponed: Within a week after the Supreme Court’s landmark order against the decision of the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to conduct the exam in two shifts, the board postponed the exam. With 2.5 lakh aspirants vying for limited seats in NEET PG, candidates have started raising concerns over the Indian medical education and systemic challenges.
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The NBE introduced a two-shift exam for NEET PG last year. This last-minute change attracted widespread criticism among aspirants and doctors alike. However, the exam was held in two shifts after being postponed multiple times last year.
On Tuesday, the NBEMS board sought permission from the Supreme Court to conduct the exam on August 3, instead of June 15, to arrange more exam centres. This request reflects a pattern that has emerged in recent years, with the NEET PG exam being repeatedly rescheduled for a later date due to systemic challenges.
Last year’s NEET PG exam and increase in top scorers stoked suspicion among aspirants, who approached the Supreme Court demanding transparency in the medical entrance exam.
In addition to the last-minute changes, the NBE’s exam policy prevents it from disclosing the raw scores obtained by examinees and exam content on public forums. This made it difficult for aspirants to verify the state merit list and allotments creating confusion in the admission process. Not to mention, the NEET PG counselling was delayed for several months due to the legal proceedings.
The Supreme Court’s direction to NBEMS to conduct the NEET PG 2025 in a single shift was hailed by the aspirants for the same reason. However, the request to postpone the exam by two months has caused uncertainty among MBBS graduates.
Recurring postponement of exam, non-disclosure of answer key, normalisation process, lack of transparency in admission process have sparked concerns over the Indian medical education.
“And after getting rank after NEET PG, please be prepared for 18 hours average working. Abusive seniors, nobody is there to teach you. The worst phase of life starts after you enter as Junior Resident. Toxicity of the worst level. Doctors are the worst enemies of doctors. Worst carrier to choose,” Dhirendra Sharma posted on X.
“We are the 4th largest economy of the world and considered a very good country with software engineers. But we can't conduct a test of Neet PG with 2.4 lakhs of students? This is utter shameful. Sarkari babugiri is worst kind of thing to happen in India. They never want to work,” Sharma added.
“I am a doctor and I want to say life becomes hell after entering MBBS, college life is not at all like other courses, after 5.5yr you need to give even more difficult NEET PG, after 3.5 yr + rural duty, after that give NEET SS, by the time you reach 37-38 you start earning,” another wrote.
Last year, the NBEMS postponed the NEET PG exam, initially scheduled for June 23, to August 11. The discrepancies in the state merit list further delayed the NEET PG counselling process. To prevent a repeat of these incidents, the Supreme Court recently issued a 10-point directive to the National Medical Commission (NMC) to ensure fairness in the PG medical entrance exam. This includes, publishing raw scores of candidates along with answer key, Aadhaar-tracking, and stricter penalties for seat blocking.
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