No separate entrance for Medical course

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Press Trust of India Thiruvananthapuram
Last Updated : Dec 20 2016 | 7:57 PM IST
Kerala Government today resolved not to conduct separate entrance examinations by the state for Medical and other professional courses except engineering from next academic year.
Students would be instead admitted to Medical, Agricultural, AYUSH, Veterinary sciences from the rank list published by National Eligibility cum Entrnace Test (NEET), conducted by CBSE.
The decision in this regard was taken at the Cabinet meeting today chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
From the next academic year, except for Engineering courses, separate entrance examination will not be held for professional courses like Medical, Agricultural, Veterinary science, Fisheries, Forestry and Neet ranklist will be applicable for admission to these courses, a government press release said.

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First Published: Dec 20 2016 | 7:57 PM IST

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