Students aspiring for admission to medical and dental courses in Maharashtra will have to appear for phase II of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Neet) on July 24 even if they have appeared
Students aspiring for admission to medical and dental courses in Maharashtra will have to appear for phase II of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Neet) on July 24 even if they have appeared for the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MH-CET) on May 5.
In light of the Supreme Court’s agreement on Friday to allow states to conduct admissions only to government-run medical and dental colleges based on CET scores students will have to appear for Neet II to be eligible for admission to private colleges, deemed universities and the all-India quota.
As a result, admissions to medical and dental colleges will be done for only 3,060 seats based on CET scores whereas admissions to 6,315 seats in private colleges and deemed universities along with the all-India quota will be done through Neet.
Medical education minister Vinod Tawde, who was present in the Supreme Court on Friday morning for the hearing of the Maharashtra government's review and modification petition, said students who appeared for the CET on May 5 had no need to despair as admissions to government-run medical and dental colleges would be done through CET scores only.
“After hearing the petition, it seemed that the court was in the mood to allow admissions through CET scores, but it was resolute on having admissions to private colleges and deemed universities through Neet scores only,-" said Mr Tawde.
According to statistics released by the State Common Entrance Test that conducted the CET on May 5, around 2,83,319 students appeared for the health science courses.
As a result of this, apart from the 3,060 medical and dental seats in government-run colleges, students will be able to secure admission to BAMS, BUMS, BHMS, and other para medical courses through CET scores.
Mr Tawde further pointed out that though there was an air of doubt regarding conducting CET as it could have amounted to contempt of court, he went ahead with the MH-CET for the benefit of the students.
