Karnataka will conduct its Common Entrance Test for MBBS and BDS in May 2013

Updated on: Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Karnataka has decided to go ahead with its Common Entrance Test (CET) for MBBS and BDS in May 2013. But there's a rider: the move is subject to the decision of the Supreme Court, which is due to hear the case on January 15, 16 and 17. Earlier, the state had directed students to appear for National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET). The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by medical education minister SA Ramdas on Monday . SC Venkatesh, director of medical education, said, "Since the decision is subject to outcome of petitions pending before the SC, we have directed the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) to prepare a bridge course. The step will be beneficial in case the SC decides in favour of NEET."

Medical education minister SA Ramdas said Karnataka agreed to NEET rankings as it would have got 4,804 MBBS seats of the total 6,005 against the 2,212 seats under CET. This is because 85 per cent of seats in Karnataka colleges will be reserved for state quota.

But as several colleges, states and autonomous institutes have filed petitions questioning the validity of NEET, the apex court directed the states to conduct CET. As CET results are subject to the court verdict in January, the minister said the court has even directed Medical Council of India and Dental Council of India to hold NEET simultaneously.

He said NEET would have spared students from attending multiple entrance tests. Ramdas denied that NEET will burden the state students as they are illequipped to face the examinations which follow CBSE syllabus.

"Question papers for NEET are prepared keeping in view the syllabi of various states and Karnataka students would have fared better than other state students in tackling them," he claimed. He has directed the department to prepare students to face NEET by releasing study material , holding tests and lessons.

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