NEET 2020 LIVE updates: Exam being held amid precautions (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran/ Representational image)NEET 2020 Exam Live Updates: After being postponed twice due to the coronavirus pandemic, the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is held today – September 13 from 2 pm to 5 pm. Over 15.97 lakh candidates will appear for the medical college entrance exam from 3,843 exam centres across the country.
A day ahead of the exam, the Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank had written to students wishing them luck and asked them to follow safety norms during exams. Candidates not only have to follow social distancing but also need to wear a mask and gloves while writing the test. A section of students had opposed holding the exam during the pandemic.
Those who score at least 50 percentile in NEET will be considered as pass, however, candidates will be selected based on merit. Counselling will be conducted after the result is announced. Just like JEE, for NEET too the result is expected to be released soon after the exam is over to ensure that colleges can reopen timely. NEET is also mandatory for Indian students aspiring to study abroad.
NEET 2020 is being held for nearly 16 lakh candidates (Representational image)
Mohammad Ovais, who came from Moradabad to his exam centre in Dilshad Garden here, said his entry slot was at 11 am. "I left from Moradabad at 5 am. It is not that risky if everybody follows all precautions, the problem arises when people take it casually. There was no crowding at the centres as everybody had designated slots," he said.
Vanhika Chaurasia, a resident of Rohini said, "Online exam would have been a better option than a pen and paper-based test but we have no option. More delay in exams would have caused loss of a year". For Yuvraj Kumar, the bigger concern was travelling by public transport.
"Thankfully metro services resumed before the exam because I was concerned about that and other modes of public transport are not as safe. We were given separate masks at the centre and we had to dispose the one we were wearing before," he told PTI
The official answer key of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET will be released a few days after the exam. The unofficial answer keys, however, will be released by the coaching institutes within the hours of completion of the exam.
NEET UG answer key will carry the correct responses to the questions asked in the entrance examination. The answer key can be used to calculate the probable scores before the announcement of the result.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wished students appearing for the medical entrance exam NEET on Sunday, while expressing his sympathies with those who could not take it due to the COVID-19 pandemic and floods. "My best wishes to the students appearing for NEET exam and my sympathies to those who couldn't take it due to the Covid pandemic and floods," he tweeted.
Medical entrance exam NEET began on Sunday amid strict precautions in view of the COVID-19 pandemic at over 3,800 centres across the country with students queuing up as per their designated time slots, adhering to social distancing norms
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) began at 2 pm, but entry to centres started at 11 am. Students were allotted different slots for entry to ensure there is staggered movement and social distancing is maintained, as reported by PTI.
Over 15.97 lakh candidates appeared for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET 2020) which is being held at 3,843 exam centres across the country. The exam will be concluded at 5 pm. Check paper analysis, students' reactions