NEET PG 2023: Will Exams be Postponed? IMA Write Fresh Letter to Health Minster Demanding Postponement of Exam by 2-3 Months

NEET PG 2023: Will Exams be Postponed? IMA Write Fresh Letter to Health Minster Demanding Postponement of Exam by 2-3 Months

Why NEET PG aspirants are protesting at Jantar Mantar in Delhi

Applicants have requested that the exam be postponed by two to three months to close the gap between the result announcement and the counselling procedure and get more time to prepare as the last counselling ended in December.

NEET PG applicants and resident doctors associations from different cities and New Delhi on Tuesday (February 7) held a protest march at Jantar Mantar in Delhi demanding postponement of the postgraduate medical entrance test, which is scheduled on March 5.

According to the calendar issued by the National Board of Examinations, the NEET PG 2023 results will be out by March 31, and the counselling process is expected to start by July 2023.

Applicants have requested that the exam be postponed by two to three months to close the gap between the result announcement and the counselling procedure. They also seek more time to prepare as the last counselling ended in December due to which they could not study or revise enough for the exam, which will be held on March 5.

Amid demands of Postponement of NEET PG exam, NBEMS has reopened the PG registration window today, February 9, scroll down for all the latest updates.

NEET PG 2023: The Indian Medical Association (IMA), the national voluntary organisation of physicians, wrote a letter to Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya urging him to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) by two to three months. At present, NEET PG 2023 examination is scheduled to be conducted in a single day & single session as a computer-based examination on March 05, 2023.

National Board of Examinations of Medical Sciences has re-opened the registration window for candidates from today, February 9, 2023. Keeping in view of the desire of candidates to extend the cut off date for completion of internship for the purpose of eligibility has been extended up to August 11, 2023 for NEET PG.

Earlier, the NBEMS and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare extended the deadline for PG and MDS students to complete their internships until June 30, 2023. The registration period will reopen tomorrow, February 10, 2023, until February 12, 2023.

According to the doctors' associations, if the NEET PG 2023 exam date is postponed, candidates will have enough time to study for the test. Dr. Manish Jangra, Founder of FAIMA, who went to meet the Minister, said that he was trying his best to effect the postponement. Apart from the NEET PG 2023 postponement, the doctors are also demanding a revision of the internship deadline as many interns remain ineligible.

NEET PG 2023 Aspirants have to attempt 200 MCQ-based questions for 3 hours 30 minutes.

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