Taking in view the difficulties many students will face due to clashing of date of counselling for NEET PG 2021 with the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Post Graduate Exam 2022, the Central government on Friday postponed the NEET PG 2022 by six to eight weeks.
A letter made public by the Directorate General of Health Sciences stated that it directed the National Board of Examinations (NBE) to postpone NEET PG 2022, taking in view the various representations received by the government, highlighting the difficulties faced by many students in taking the exam since it would be clashing with the date of counselling for NEET PG 2021.
In a letter made public by DGHS, officials have highlighted how this request stems from the various requests received by the government for postponement of the exam. “Lot of representations are being received from medical doctors regarding request to delay NEET-PG 2022 examination date of March 12 since it is clashing with the NEET-PG 2021 counseling. Also, many of the interns will not be able to participate in PG counseling 2022 by month of May/June 2022,” states the letter.
The Supreme Court is slated to hear a petition seeking postponement of the exam.
The plea by NEET PG candidates has cited these very reasons to seek deferment of the exam.