Breaching the 18-lakh mark, a complete of 18,72,329 candidates had registered for the most important entrance examination within the county of which 10.64 lakh have been feminine.
This was the primary time that the variety of registrations for the NEET medical entrance examination surpassed 18 lakh, a substantial improve of over 2.5 lakh from 2021.
Final yr, the NEET-undergraduate examination was held on September 12, with over 95 p.c of the registered candidates showing for it. Over 15.44 lakh candidates appeared for the examination, which was performed at 3,858 centres. Of those, no less than 8.70 lakh college students had certified.
NEET-UG is the qualifying entrance examination for admission to Bachelor of Drugs and Bachelor of Surgical procedure (MBBS), Bachelor of Dental Surgical procedure (BDS), Bachelor of Ayurveda, Drugs and Surgical procedure (BAMS), Bachelor of Siddha Drugs and Surgical procedure (BSMS), Bachelor of Unani Drugs and Surgical procedure (BUMS), and Bachelor of Homeopathic Drugs and Surgical procedure (BHMS) and BSc (H) Nursing programs.
The examination was performed at 3,570 centres in 497 cities, together with 14 cities (Colombo, Kathmandu, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Sharjah, Kuwait Metropolis, Doha, Manama, Riyadh, Lagos) outdoors India on July 17 in ‘pen and paper’ mode.