Irrespective of the Supreme Court’s final direction to
the States on the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET), the
State government will conduct the EAMCET next year, including the
medical examination for the science students.
The
medical stream test has to be conducted as admissions to veterinary and
agriculture courses are based on it. So whether NEET is made compulsory
or not, science students have to take the medical stream test of EAMCET
if they wish to seek admissions in veterinary and agriculture courses.
Since almost all the aspirants appearing for the medical
stream of EAMCET opt for veterinary and agriculture courses once the
MBBS and BDS seats are finished, there is no point in worrying about
NEET or EAMCET. “If NEET is made mandatory also they have to write
medical stream of EAMCET for admission into other courses. So its better
they concentrate on their preparation without worrying about the
outcome in Supreme Court,” an official said.
The
Supreme Court is likely to give its verdict in mid-January on whether
States have to mandatorily opt for NEET or conduct their own tests for
the next academic year. Some States, including Andhra Pradesh, have
moved to Supreme Court seeking some more time to be part of NEET.
Meanwhile, the government is busy finalising the dates of
all the entrance exams. APSCHE Chairman P. Jayaprakash Rao said that the
dates of all entrance tests would be announced by January 10. The
government has already decided to entrust the responsibility of
conducting the tests to the same universities that conducted the tests
this year. Even the Conveners are likely to be the same.
Fee structure
Prof. Rao also said that the process of
finalising the fee structure for all professional courses would start
soon and the notification concerned would also be issued in January.
College managements would have enough time to submit their proposals so
that AFRC could fix the fee accordingly. “We want to stick to the AICTE
schedule on the academic calendar and will ensure that classes started
on August 1 after completion of admission process by July-end,” Prof.
Rao said.
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