MHCET 2014 on 8 May 2014 No NEET 2014 This Year

MHCET 2014 on 8 May 2014 No NEET 2014  This Year

AS IT was decided that holding National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) was not mandatory on States for making admissions to Health Science courses. Maharashtra will he holding its own Common Entrance Test on May 8. For admissions to Engineering courses. Maharashtra will conduct JEE while Medical CET in State will not have Mathematics subject.

The process for on-line submission of application forms for the MH-CET 2014. the qualifying exam for admission to medical, dental and other Health Science courses in State, opened on Wednesday and will continue till March 25. The test will be conducted on 8 May 2014.

Negative marking pattern may be introduced from this year for the Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted in State for Health Science degree courses (MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, Physiotherapy, BSc-Nursing etc).

The Director of Medical Education and Research (DMER) released details of the schedule of activities for the entrance test which covers all Government. Municipal Corporation-run and Government-aided Health Science institutions besides private unaided institutions which decide to be a part of MH-CET scheme.

The DMER. has decided to follow the pattern and syllabus of NEET. Subject-wise, there will be 45 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) of total 180 marks each for Physics and Chemistry and 90 MCQs of total 360 marks for Biology. All questions have to be answered and the test carries a provision of negative marking. One mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.

Similarly, one mark will be deducted for two or more answers of same question, scratching or overwriting. Candidates have the option of choosing either English. Marathi or Urdu as medium of instruction for the examination. The option once exercised in the form will be irrevocable.

The information brochure, posted on the DMER website (www.dmer.org) also carries details related to eligibility for admission and the exceptions in case of students hailing from families of State or Central government employees. For Medical and Dental courses, open category students will have to score minimum of 50% marks in Physics. Chemistry and Biology taken together, while the candidates belonging to constitutional reservation category and persons with disability have to score minimum 40% marks in the three subjects taken together.

According to the DMER information brochure, the three-hour test will coasist of one paper containing 180 multiple choice questions (MCQs), each carrying four marks, and total 720 marks.

No original certificates or their attested photocopies are required to be submitted along with online forms. However, original certificates and their attested photocopies must be submitted for scrutiny at the time of filling the preference forms as well as at the time of admission.

DMER used to organise the medical CET till 2012; it was replaced by NEET-UG last year under 'One India, One Test' vision of the Ministry of Human Resources and Development. This was discontinued following a Supreme Court ruling.