Medical Council of India-MCI in May 2012 will conduct the common entrance test for admission to undergraduate medical courses for the academic year 2012-13 in May next year. National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for undergraduates- NEET-UG for admission to MBBS, Post Graduate and super speciality courses. There are 42,000 seats for under graduate medical courses and 20,600 seats for PG medical courses in the country, including those from private medical colleges.
MCI has issued a common core syllabus for MBBS entrance exam, which has been put up in the public domain for feedback till August 11, following which the syllabus for physics, chemistry and biology would be finalized. The syllabus has been prepared by the NCERT.
The examination is scheduled for January-February 2012. The pattern of the examination, distribution of questions across different MBBS subjects and model questions will be made available on the website in August.The NEET-SS for super-speciality courses (DM/MCh) is scheduled for June 2012.(The Hindu)