NEET PG 2022 will be held on May 21
NEET PG 2022: The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET PG 2022) has not been postponed, and will be held as scheduled on May 21, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) termed the letter circulated on exam postponement as fake. As per the letter circulated on social media, the NEET PG 2022 exam was postponed to July 9. The National Board of Examinations (NBE) in a statement said, "It has come to the notice of NBEMS that some unscrupulous elements are circulating false and bogus information using spoofed notices in the name of NBEMS."
The NBE advised stakeholders not to get misled by any unverified notice. "All NBEMS notices issued July 2020 onwards bear a QR code. Scanning the QR code will redirect the user to the said notice on the NBEMS website," it said. For any query, the candidates can contact care support at 011-45593000 or write to NBEMS at its communication web portal- exam.natboard.edu.in.
Earlier, sources in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) told Careers360 that the NEET PG 2022 exam date will not be postponed. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday, April 30.
Meanwhile, over 15,000 medical aspirants submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test- Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2022, scheduled for May 21. According to the education rights group, the memorandum has come from students across the country, including the Delhi-National Capital Region, through various groups and associations.
The development came even as a medical students' association moved the Supreme Court on Thursday, May 5, 2022, for the postponement of the examination citing its clash with the ongoing counselling for NEET PG 2021. "We 15,000 aspirants writing on behalf of majority of NEET PG aspirants suffering due to the ongoing counselling and upcoming NEET PG 2022 exam scheduled on 21 May,2022. We would like to bring it to your notice regarding the issues faced by the aspirants who are unable to appear for the upcoming medical post-graduation entrance exam NEET PG 2022," the memorandum stated.
The aspirants were represented through groups like Federation of All India Medical Association, United Doctors Front Association, All India Medical Students' Association, and NCR Parents' Association, among others. Separately, NCR Parents' Association president Sukhpal Singh Toor said around 70 people have taken Delhi Police's permission for a "peaceful protest" at the Jantar Mantar in the national capital on Sunday over the issue.
- With PTI Inputs