The Central Board of Education (CBSE) has made it clear that it's only responsibility is to conduct the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) and has no role in deciding the eligibility criteria and grievances. The clarification came following several complaints received by CBSE about barring open school candidates and those with biology as an additional subject in class 12 are eligible to appear for the same. The board added that if students have any issue they should approach the Medical Council of India (MCI) instead and submit their grievances.

The CBSE in an advisory said, “The responsibility of CBSE is limited to holding the NEET (UG) examination, based on the eligibility criteria provided by MCI. CBSE has no role to play in deciding the eligibility conditions. Therefore, all the grievances received by CBSE on these issues are disposed of. Candidates are requested to kindly read the information bulletin and FAQs hosted on NEET website before sending the grievance to the board in any form.”

Following this, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted on February 27 saying for the first time NEET exam will be conducted in 150 cities as compared to 107 cities in 2017.

This year, NEET will be held on May 6 and the online application process is currently going on and will be closed on March 9. Further, the last date for successful payment of fee online is March 10 till 11:50 pm. The exam will be conducted in 11 languages – Hindi, English, Urdu, Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya, Bengali, Assamese, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. NEET UG is conducted for aspirants who are interested in taking admissions to MBBS/BDS courses in recognized Institutes in India.

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