NEET 2016 Counseling: Everything You Need To Know

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test ) results on the official website on August 16 (Tuesday). The counseling of NEET 2016 will be conducted in two rounds and it will be in online mode. The counseling will be start from August 22 to August 25, 2016 by Medical Counseling Committee (MCC). NEET 2016 counseling will be conducted for approximately 3500 MBBS and BDS seats.

The Minimum Qualifying Criteria Of NEET-UG 2016 for All Categories Are As Follows:

Others: Marks Range 685-145 / Qualifying Criteria - 50th / Percentile No. of Candidates - 5171329

OBC: Marks Range 678-118 / Qualifying Criteria - 40th Percentile / Percentile No. of Candidates 175226

Scheduled Castes: Marks Range 595-118 / Qualifying Criteria: 40th Percentile / Percentile No. of Candidates: 47183

Scheduled Tribes: Marks Range 599-118 / Qualifying Criteria: 40th Percentile / Percentile No. of Candidates: 15710

UR & PH: Marks Range: 474-131 / Qualifying Criteria: 45th Percentile / Percentile No. of Candidates: 437

OBC & PH: Marks Range:510-118 / Qualifying Criteria: 40th Percentile / Percentile No. of Candidates: 597

SC & PH: Marks Range: 415-118 / Qualifying Criteria: 40th Percentile / Percentile No. of Candidates: 143

ST & PH: Marks Range: 339-118 / Qualifying Criteria: 40th Percentile / Percentile No. of Candidates: 36

Counseling Procedure:

The candidates have to register themselves to the NEET 2016 on the counselling portal.

After registering yourself, fill the choices. The candidate can fill as many options as they wish during online choice filling. However, choices should be in order of candidates’ preference.

Once choice is filled in, it can be modified before locking it.

During the choice locking period, it is necessary to lock the choices to get a print of your submitted options. If candidate does not lock the choice submitted by him/her, it will be automatically locked at 5 pm of last date of choice locking.

Documents Required At The Time Of Joining:

Admit cards of exam issued by the CBSE

Result/ rank letter issued by CBSE

Date of birth certificate (if Metric certificate does not bear the same)

Class 10th Certificate

Class 10+2 Certificate

Class 10+2 Marks Sheet

Provisional allotment letter generated on-line.

Proof of identity

Eight (8) Passport size photograph same as affixed on the application

form

The candidate should also bring the following certificate, if applicable:

(a) SC/ST, OBC, orthopedic physical disability certificate issued by the competent authority.

NEET Exam 2016 : CBSE has Released Phase I and Phase II OMR Sheets Three Days Before The Earlier Announcement

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released the NEET 2016 OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) Answer sheet of Phase I and Phase II on 4 August 2016 before the earlier announcement. NEET Phase 1, earlier known as AIPMT 2016, was conducted on May 1, 2016 and the NEET Phase II was held on July 24, 2016.

Earlier, as per the official CBSE notification, the OMR sheet was supposed to be released on August 7. All those who had appeared for the same, may check it at the official website, www.aipmt.nic.in

The NEET exam was conducted for admission into MBBS/BDS courses in the prestigious medical/dental colleges of India run with the approval of Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India under the observation of Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. This year, approximately 4.7 lakh candidates registered to appear for the examination at various centres.

Read More: NEET 2016 COMMON SERVICES CENTRES

The candidates who want to check the NEET Phase I and Phase II OMR sheets can consider following the steps mentioned here and do it faster than possible otherwise.

Long on the official website www.aipmt.nic.in

Click on the Tab flashing ‘OMR Challenge’ option on the left-hand side of the homepage.

Enter all the required details such as Registration number and Password

Click to login

Candidates can download, save and take the printout of the same for future reference.

Candidates who want to challenge the OMR grading of their OMR sheet may do so by paying INR 1000 per response challenged. However, the execution of NEET Exam as a single entrance for MBBS and BDS courses throughout the country for government and privately owned as well as run medical and dental colleges throughout was deferred for one year after President Pranab Mukherjee signed an ordinance put forth by Modi government.

As per the recent reports, the question paper for the NEET Exam for Phase II was held on July 24, 2016 was leaked, which CBSE later categorically denied. Reports also have it that a petition has also been filed in the Supreme Court regarding the re-test for the NEET Exam for the second phase.

NEET 2016 COMMON SERVICES CENTRES

Candidates, from the urban areas are well versed with the Internet and online submission of application form. Without any help, they are capable of submitting the application form online and 24x7. However, for providing support to candidates from rural areas who find it difficult to submit the online application due to several constraints, CBSE is using the services of Common Services Centre, Ministry of I.T., Government of India under the Digital India initiatives of Hon’ble Prime Minister. The Common Services Centre (CSC) scheme is a part of the ambitious national e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of Government of India and is managed at each village panchayat level by a Village level entrepreneur (VLE).

The Govt. Of India has made available diverse Facilitation Centres for candidates who do not have access to the Internet and are unable to perform the application Online for NEET 2016 scheduled on July 24, 2016.

There are more than 1.5 lac Common Services Centres (CSC) across the country which will provide support to desired candidates from rural areas in online submission of application form and payment of fee through e-wallet. The list of the Common Services Centre is available on website – http://www.csc.gov.in

The Common Services Centre will be providing services as per following details:

Services	Fee (Rs)
Preparing e-mail, Submission of Application form & Printout till Fee Payment (Including upload of Scanned Images )	25
Uploading Scanned Images Only	10
On line payment of Fee	0.5% of transaction
Downloading of Admit Card/ OMR/Answer Key	10
Online claim for Responses/Key	25
Printout per page	5

Gate 2017: Know What's New Here

 Graduate aptitude Test in Engineering is an all India based entrance examination for admitting students to various M.Tech, ME, MS and P.hd courses in higher educational institutes of India. The primarily focus of this entrance exam is to test the in-depth knowledge of candidates pertaining to their under-graduate program.

Read More: GATE 2017-Exam Dates And Schedule Released @gate.iitr.ernet.in

The exam has been conducted since 1984 for admission in several post-graduate programs and has seen many changes over a period of time. As new changes were introduced in 2016, a few more additional changes will be implemented in GATE 2017. These changes are as follows-

GATE Becomes International:

GATE 2017 will become International level exam. Candidates from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) can also apply for this examination. The main motto for conducting GATE 2017 in these locations is to attract different nationalities to widen the horizons of an academic environment. The website states, “ A foreign student brings with him/her a great diversity, culture and wisdom to share. Many GATE qualified candidates are paid scholarships/assistantship, especially funded by Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India and by other Ministries”.

GATE 2017 Examination Timings:

GATE 2017 will be conducted on Feb 4 – Feb 5, 2017 and Feb 11 – Feb 12, 2017 in two sessions- morning and afternoon from 9:00 am to 12:00 Noon and 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM respectively. Similarly, the candidates who are appearing at the international test centers will have their own local test timings, however, the time and duration will not change.

New Paper Pattern:

A new section has been introduced in the engineering sciences (XE) paper. This section is the Atmospheric and Oceanic sciences (Section H). GATE 2017 XE paper will now have eight sections from A to H.

New Steps in The Application Process:

No restriction on second choice examination city to be in the same zone as first choice city. It can be anywhere in India.

For the candidates who have completed their graduation qualifying degree, they are required to upload a scanned copy of the obtained degree, final year mark-sheet or completion certificate.

However, candidates yet to appear for their final examinations, can upload their pre-final year mark-sheet or provisional certificate as a proof of eligibility.

GATE 2017 exam dates were released recently and this year IIT Roorkee will be conduct. The exam will be held on February 4, 5, 11 and 12, in 2017. The application form of GATE 2017 will be available from September 1 and the process will end on October 4. However, the final schedule is yet to be declared. Check GATE 2017 important dates here!