Tripura students have to sit for NEET

Updated on: Thursday, November 24, 2011

Students of Tripura aspiring to enter MBBS course will now have to appear in the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET), official sources said today.

Health Minister Tapan Chakraborty said the state government has decided to run NEET instead of selecting medical students through state joint entrance test. "We have considered all aspects and decided to accept the guidelines of the Medical Council of India which suggests selection of candidates through NEET which would be mandatory for medical admission in the country from next academic session," said Chakraborty.

However, he said, "we are yet to take decision whether the government will demand conducting NEET in vernacular languages". NEET would be conducted centrally and 85 per cent seats of government-run medical colleges will be reserved for home state students while 15 percent would go to central pool.

Chakraborty said though the entire admission will be based on NEET results, there is no provision of central pool in case of private or society-run medical colleges. There are two medical colleges in the state. While in the Agartala Government Medical College 15 per cent seats would be reserved for central pool, there will be no seat for central pool in society-run Tripura Medical College.

Gujarat, Karnataka and West Bengal have already asked if the NEET could be conducted in vernacular languages.

Tripura students have to sit for NEET

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