THEnumberofregistrationsfor medical entrance exam NEET has crossed 18 lakh this year,
recordinga significant jump of over 2.5 lakh since 2021.
Over 18.72 lakh candidates have registered for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test
(NEET) out of which over10.64 lakh are women and 8.07 lakh are men, according to official data. The pan-India exam is scheduled to be held in13 languages on July 17.
Last year, the NEET-under-graduate exam was held on September12,with over 95 percent of the registered candidates appearing for it.
Over 15.44 lakh candidates had appeared for the exam, which was conducted at 3,858 centres. Of these, at least 8.70 lakh students had qualified.
Among the candidates registered this year, 771 are foreigners, 910 Non Resident Indians and 647 Overseas Citizen of India card holders.
The highest number of candidates have opted English as the medium of exam, followed by
Hindi and Tamil.
NEET-UG is the qualifying entrance exam for admission to MBBS, BDS, Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery (BAMS), Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery (BSMS) courses and others.
