NEET-UG medical entrance results to be declared by September 7: NTA
The Hindu
Candidates can apply for answer key and recorded response challenges from August 30
The results of the medical entrance exam NEET-UG, which saw the highest number of applications ever this year, will be announced by September 7, according to National Testing Agency (NTA) officials.
NTA will upload the provisional answer keys, scanned images of the OMR answer sheet and recorded responses for NEET (UG) – 2022 on its website by August 30, they said.
"To facilitate the candidates, a scanned image of the OMR answer sheet will also be sent on the registered e-mail address given by the candidates at the time of submission of the online application form of NEET (UG) – 2022," according to a senior NTA official.
Candidates can apply for answer key and recorded response challenges from August 30 for a cost of ₹200 for each answer key and ₹200 for per question respectively.
About 95% attendance was recorded in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET (UG), which had received record 18.72 lakh applications this year.
Breaching the 18-lakh mark, a total of 18,72,329 candidates had registered for the largest entrance exam in the county of which 10.64 lakh were female.
This was the first time that the number of registrations for the NEET medical entrance exam surpassed 18 lakh, a considerable increase of over 2.5 lakh from 2021.