<p>The second phase of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-II) for entry into undergraduate medical and dental courses will be held on Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>A number of students not satisfied with their seat allotments or who were unable to secure a seat under the CET are likely to appear for the exam.<br /><br />As many as 4.7 lakh candidates are set to write the NEET-II throughout the country, with a few thousand appearing for it in Karnataka. Most of the students in the state who hoped to secure medical and dental seats through the CET can breathe a sigh of relief as a majority of the institutions - private, minority and deemed - in the state have given their share to the government. <br /><br />Others like Ashwin Shetty, a medical seat aspirant, is hoping for better prospects after NEET-II. Ashwin has already appeared for NEET-I and the CET held in May. <br /><br />“I appeared for the CET, but was not satisfied with the colleges where I got seats. <br /><br />The NEET-I was hurried and there were a lot of confusion. For NEET-II, I had three months to prepare,’’said Ashwin, expressing confidence of doing better. <br /><br />Abdul Qadeer, secretary, Shaheen PU College in Bidar, said 135 students from his college will be taking NEET-II as they failed to secure seats through CET.<br /><br />Students and parents were shocked after the Supreme Court made NEET mandatory this year, invalidating other entrance exams like CET. Subsequently, the court allowed students who appeared for NEET-I and were not confident of getting a good rank to take NEET -II, by foregoing their earlier results. The Centre, under pressure from various states, took the Ordinance route, allowing entrance exams like CET for this year.<br /><br />While the counselling for government quota seats is being conducted by the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA), that for NEET seats will be conducted by the respective college associations, said S S Harsoor, the Medical Education director. “The ComedK and minority association can conduct their own counselling for NEET seats,” said Harsoor. <br /><br />Dress code<br />Although there was no official notification with regard to the dos and dont’s for NEET-II, there were reports which claimed that candidates appearing for the exam were banned from wearing shoes and socks, earrings, nose pins, etc.<br /></p>
<p>The second phase of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-II) for entry into undergraduate medical and dental courses will be held on Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>A number of students not satisfied with their seat allotments or who were unable to secure a seat under the CET are likely to appear for the exam.<br /><br />As many as 4.7 lakh candidates are set to write the NEET-II throughout the country, with a few thousand appearing for it in Karnataka. Most of the students in the state who hoped to secure medical and dental seats through the CET can breathe a sigh of relief as a majority of the institutions - private, minority and deemed - in the state have given their share to the government. <br /><br />Others like Ashwin Shetty, a medical seat aspirant, is hoping for better prospects after NEET-II. Ashwin has already appeared for NEET-I and the CET held in May. <br /><br />“I appeared for the CET, but was not satisfied with the colleges where I got seats. <br /><br />The NEET-I was hurried and there were a lot of confusion. For NEET-II, I had three months to prepare,’’said Ashwin, expressing confidence of doing better. <br /><br />Abdul Qadeer, secretary, Shaheen PU College in Bidar, said 135 students from his college will be taking NEET-II as they failed to secure seats through CET.<br /><br />Students and parents were shocked after the Supreme Court made NEET mandatory this year, invalidating other entrance exams like CET. Subsequently, the court allowed students who appeared for NEET-I and were not confident of getting a good rank to take NEET -II, by foregoing their earlier results. The Centre, under pressure from various states, took the Ordinance route, allowing entrance exams like CET for this year.<br /><br />While the counselling for government quota seats is being conducted by the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA), that for NEET seats will be conducted by the respective college associations, said S S Harsoor, the Medical Education director. “The ComedK and minority association can conduct their own counselling for NEET seats,” said Harsoor. <br /><br />Dress code<br />Although there was no official notification with regard to the dos and dont’s for NEET-II, there were reports which claimed that candidates appearing for the exam were banned from wearing shoes and socks, earrings, nose pins, etc.<br /></p>
