NEET Medical Entrance Test likely to be held twice in a from 2021, hint reports NEET Medical Entrance Test: As per the latest reports, NEET medical entrance test might be held twice a year from 2021 onwards. According to a statement published by a leading media agency, NTA Director Vineet Joshi has hinted at the possibility of the Medical Entrance Exam being held two times in a year, on similar lines as the JEE Main – engineering entrance exam. Joshi also added that currently the planning for this proposal is still in its nascent phase and details are being worked out by the NTA and will be presented before the authorities soon. Proposal Based on Request of Students He further shared that the decision or proposal to hold NTA NEET Exam twice in an academic year was taken following requests asking for it from medical aspirants, students and teachers from across the country. He said after receiving these requests and evaluating them in detail, a plan proposal is being prepared and will be presented before the Ministry of Health. No Changes in Exam Dates of NEET 2020 Exam Further providing clarification on the issue, NTA director also said that as the plan to hold the medical entrance exam is yet in its planning stage, there would be no change to the NEET 2020 exam that is scheduled to be held this year. He said that the exam dates, pattern and other aspects related to the medical entrance exam will remain unchanged for this year. Why hold NEET exam twice a year? Recently, the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan announced that NEET will be the single point entry test for MBBS and BDS courses offered across India. This means that AIIMS and JIPMER entrance exam for MBBS and BDS programme will be scrapped from next year onwards. To accommodate the increased number of aspirants and facilitate admission to the increased number of MBBS seats, NEET exam will be held more than once in a year. Under the current system, where NEET is only held once a year, missing an exam or failing in the first one would mean that students will end up wasting an entire year. They would have to wait for a complete year before re-attempting NEET exam. With NEET exam being held twice a year, this problem will be resolved for the students. With two attempts available, students will have less pressure upon them to clear the medical entrance exam and in-turn they will be able to attempt the exam more comfortably. Keep watching the updates from Edutel Academy which is the no.1 information provider in india.