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NEET PG 2022 to be held on May 21 as DGHS directs NBE to postpone exam
NEET PG 2022: Following requests for postponement of NEET-PG 2022 for post graduate medical admissions, DGHS on Thursday directed the National Board of Examinations (NBE) to postpone the entrance exam by six to eight weeks.
The National Board of Examinations (NBE) on Friday evening released a notification confirming the postponement of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) PG 2022 . "Pursuant to the directions of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, NEET-PG 2022 will now be conducted on May 21, 2022," said the notification.
The Directorate General of Health Sciences (DGHS) had on Thursday directed the National Board of Examinations (NBE) to postpone the NEET PG 2022 exam by six to eight weeks.
In a letter made public by DGHS, officials had highlighted how this request stems from the various requests received by the government for postponement of the exam. "Lot of representations are being received from medical doctors regarding request to delay NEET-PG 2022 examination date of March 12 since it is clashing with the NEET-PG 2021 counseling. Also, many of the interns will not be able to participate in PG counseling 2022 by month of May/June 2022," states the letter.
Delay in conducting exams in 2021 due to rising Covid cases had left thousands of MBBS graduates ineligible to appear for the NEET-PG exam in March this year. Another few thousand MBBS graduates who are currently completing their internship were also worried about wasting one full year as without the completion of their internship they would not have been eligible for the entrance exam this year.
"Keeping the above facts in view, the honourable minister of health has taken the decision to postpone NEET-PG 2022 by 6-8 weeks, or suitably. Hence, the decision of the minister may be complied with," stated the letter addressed to NBE, the NEET-PG conducting authority.
Due to rising Covid-19 cases reported across the country between March and May 2021, several exams had to be postponed or cancelled altogether. The Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) conducted MBBS exams in late July and students managed to start their internships post that.
Some students had also been unsure how they'll be able to prepare for the entrance exam especially since most interns have been working overtime on Covid duty.
Admissions for first year PG medical for the 2021-22 batch are currently underway and will go on till March 16 while the NEET-PG 2022 exam were earlier scheduled to be held on March 13. Students pointed how that gave no time between counseling process for the current academic year and entrance exam for the 2022-23 academic year.
