NEET PG 2024 Exam Discontent; NBEMS Adds More Centres

The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) will release the NEET PG 2024 entrance examination admit card tomorrow, August 8. The examination will be held on August 11. The medical examination board announced the exam city slips on July 31 and the revised slips were issued on August 4. Candidates are still complaining about the city centers allotted to them, as the exam center location is not feasible because they are distantly located.

Some candidates have not received emails regarding exam centre allotment while some have been reassigned to less favorable cities. Reportedly, according to the students, some candidates got revised cities however, the majority of the seats remained unchanged. As per the media reports, some aspirants even got centres in Kerala where the floods have already troubled everyday life. Even for some candidates the revised centres are more distant.

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In response to the complaints raised by the candidates, NBEMS reportedly decided to add more examination centres which will result in the revision of city slips. Considering the exam-related security issues of the private exam centres have been removed from the list which has caused the allocation of city centres at distant places. Even in the same states, students will have to travel 100-150 km, the examination board said.

Reportedly, a confidential letter signed by Dr. Abhijeet Sen, President of NBEMS has gone viral on social media. The letter carried details about the examination cities, centres and the number of candidates taking part in the examination. The notice was directed to the District Administration to support the smooth conduct of the examination. As per the letter NBEMS is entrusted with the responsibility to conduct the NEET PG – 2024 exam and a total of 228,542 candidates are going to undertake the exam at 376 exam centres in 169 cities.

The leak of the confidential letter public is said to have caused panic among the candidates as people have started questioning the credibility of the board and the examination security.