NEET 2017 will be Counted as First Attempt: CBSE

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has ruled out that the aspiring doctors will get three attempts to clear the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET), NEET 2022 being the first attempt. This has raised a lot of hopes of the candidates who had failed in three earlier attempts and were ineligible to take the test again.

Previously, the rules of CBSE had candidates ineligible to take NEET this year if they failed thrice in the entrance exams- NEET 2022 or the now discontinued AIPMT.

The Medical Council of India (MCI) that is in charge of governing medical education in India is yet to decide on the number of attempts candidates can take. This has raised more hopes of the candidates as the MCI has hinted on giving more chances.

NEET 2022 was successfully conducted on May 7, 2022, and an estimated ten lakh students appeared for the exam. NEET was launched in the year 2022 after a lot of challenges faced to bring it on board. Now that this exam has finally settled all its controversies, CBSE has made the announcement of counting NEET 2022 as the first attempt, irrespective of the previous attempts in AIPMT/NEET.

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Thousands of students who were protesting the earlier directive barring them from taking NEET 2022 are now relieved. However, the matter is still pending with the Medical Council of India (MCI) that has hinted towards increasing the attempts.

Candidates may note that the online application system has been updated to allow previously barred students to fill up their application.

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