<p align="justify">Davanagere, Hubballi, Mysuru and Udupi districts are now among the places in Karnataka where aspiring doctors can take the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test.<br /><br />The Central Board of Secondary Education announced on Friday it was increasing the number of exam centres in Karnataka and other states.<br /><br />Only Bengaluru, Belagavi, Kalaburagi, and Mangaluru districts had earlier been chosen to conduct NEET in Karnataka this year.<br /><br />With the decision to increase centres, NEET will now be held in eight districts of Karnataka. <br /><br />On the NEET website, students can choose where they want to take the exam, according to a notification issued by the CBSE on Friday. </p>.<p align="justify">Candidates can revise cities chosen earlier. Once students have chosen their cities, the CBSE will take into account the total number of candidates and allot centres.<br /><br />The CBSE had earlier finalised 80 cities to hold the nationwide test on May 7.<br /><br />It has now increased the number to 103, in view of a 41.42% increase in the number of students registering for the test.<br /><br />Minister of Human Resources Prakash Javadekar prompted the increase of 23 new examination cities, the CBSE said.<br /><br />Last year, 8,02,594 candidates had registered for the test. This year, the number is 11,35,104. This is the highest number for NEET so far.<br /><br />To accommodate 11.35 lakh candidates in 103 cities, 2,200 institutions will be made examination centres, CBSE said.<br /><br />Javadekar said the increase in the number of candidates is an indication that the nationwide test has been appreciated by aspiring doctors. “The examination got a better response. <br /><br />Therefore, we have increased the number of city centres,” he told reporters. The 23 new examination cities include Guntur and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh; Anand, Bhavnagar and Gandhi Nagar in Gujarat; Kannur and Thrissur in Kerala; Ahmednagar, Amravati, Kolhapur and Satara in Maharashtra; Amritsar in Punjab; Jodhpur in Rajasthan; Namakkal and Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu; Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh; and Howrah in West Bengal.<br /><br />Online change<br />Students have time till March 27 to change their exam centre on the website: <a href="http://cbseneet.nic.in" title="CBSE NEET">http://cbseneet.nic.in</a> </p>
<p align="justify">Davanagere, Hubballi, Mysuru and Udupi districts are now among the places in Karnataka where aspiring doctors can take the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test.<br /><br />The Central Board of Secondary Education announced on Friday it was increasing the number of exam centres in Karnataka and other states.<br /><br />Only Bengaluru, Belagavi, Kalaburagi, and Mangaluru districts had earlier been chosen to conduct NEET in Karnataka this year.<br /><br />With the decision to increase centres, NEET will now be held in eight districts of Karnataka. <br /><br />On the NEET website, students can choose where they want to take the exam, according to a notification issued by the CBSE on Friday. </p>.<p align="justify">Candidates can revise cities chosen earlier. Once students have chosen their cities, the CBSE will take into account the total number of candidates and allot centres.<br /><br />The CBSE had earlier finalised 80 cities to hold the nationwide test on May 7.<br /><br />It has now increased the number to 103, in view of a 41.42% increase in the number of students registering for the test.<br /><br />Minister of Human Resources Prakash Javadekar prompted the increase of 23 new examination cities, the CBSE said.<br /><br />Last year, 8,02,594 candidates had registered for the test. This year, the number is 11,35,104. This is the highest number for NEET so far.<br /><br />To accommodate 11.35 lakh candidates in 103 cities, 2,200 institutions will be made examination centres, CBSE said.<br /><br />Javadekar said the increase in the number of candidates is an indication that the nationwide test has been appreciated by aspiring doctors. “The examination got a better response. <br /><br />Therefore, we have increased the number of city centres,” he told reporters. The 23 new examination cities include Guntur and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh; Anand, Bhavnagar and Gandhi Nagar in Gujarat; Kannur and Thrissur in Kerala; Ahmednagar, Amravati, Kolhapur and Satara in Maharashtra; Amritsar in Punjab; Jodhpur in Rajasthan; Namakkal and Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu; Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh; and Howrah in West Bengal.<br /><br />Online change<br />Students have time till March 27 to change their exam centre on the website: <a href="http://cbseneet.nic.in" title="CBSE NEET">http://cbseneet.nic.in</a> </p>
