Gujarat- After Karnataka, the 'first come first serve' allocation basis for NEET PG 2024 has allegedly caused a lack of exam centres in Gujarat.
had earlier reported that for the first time, the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has implemented the 'first come, first serve' system for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Post Graduate (NEET PG) 2024 exam centre selection this year.
In the NEET PG 2024 information bulletin, the NBE notified,
“At the time of online submission of the application form, the candidate will be required to choose the city in which he/she wants to take the test. The choice of city will depend on the availability of the test centres in a particular city and the allotment shall be done on a first come first serve basis”.
“The test city can be selected from available choices on a first come first serve basis. While the city will be chosen by the candidate himself/herself at the time of online submission of application form, allotment of test centre/venue in the chosen city shall be done by NBEMS”, it further added.
This move has reportedly resulted in no exam centres left in Gujarat for the thousands of NEET PG candidates. A similar situation occurred in Bengaluru, where within a few hours candidates had taken up all the available seats in the exam centres, resulting in a lack of centres.
As per a recent Edex Live report, students appearing for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG 2024) admissions this year in Gujarat are alleging that they are unable to find examination centres, due to a lack of availability.
Within 45 hours of NBEMS inviting registration for the exam, all 31 exam centres in Gujarat were filled. Registrations for NEET PG 2024 were opened on April 16, adds the daily.
Speaking to Edex Live, Dr Meet Ghonia, member of the Federation of Resident Doctors Association and former national joint secretary of the Indian Medical Association-Junior Doctors Network (IMA-JDN), says, “The number of NEET PG aspirants are not uniform across the country; a few states have more aspirants than the rest. As the NBEMS did not take note of this, the capacity of centres is falling short in these states”.
“We met with a senior official of the NBEMS and conveyed this issue; they promised to bring this to the cognisance of the relevant authorities”, Dr Ghoniya further added.
Meanwhile, through a post on X (formerly Twitter), Dr Ghoniya wrote that “Multiple requests are coming up regarding non-availability of NEET PG Centers in States (In which Aspirants are residing). All centres have been filled within 3-4 days of starting of registration process. Forda India requested Nbe India to add more centres/seats in these states. We are expecting some positive steps regarding this issue”.
On the other hand, candidates have also expressed their problems to NBEMS and requested for instructions to register themselves for the examination and resolution of the problem. However, if NBEMS does not respond, then students will have no other option but to register for the exam in another state.
NEET PG 2024 exam is going to be conducted on June 23 on a computer-based platform at various exam centres across the country. The registration process is ongoing and will remain valid till 11:55 pm on 6 May 2024 till 11:55 PM.
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