I want to know should there be an upper age limit for NEET-UG. Why or why not.
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court of India which challenges the upper age limit of NEET UG applicants. The plea challenges the upper-age limit of 25 years for the general category and 30 years for the SC/ST category candidates appearing for the NEET examination.
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The National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) is the sole entrance test for admission to MBBS and BDS courses in India and is conducted by the national testing agency (NTA). To be eligible, a candidate must have a 10+2 or equivalent with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology, and English as core subjects from a recognised board. For the age criteria, they must have completed 17 years as of December 31. Earlier, there used to be an upper age limit of 25 years for the general category and 30 years for the SC/ST category, but recently it was removed by the government. Also, there is no restriction on the number of attempts for the...more
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