NEET 2017 will be conducted in 23 new centres of the country, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar announced in a tweet from his official twitter handle today.
Why have new centres for NEET been introduced?
Earlier this day, speaking to reporters, he said, " The response that NEET has received for this year has been enormous. That is why we have decided to increase the number of centres. Earlier there were 80 centres, now we have added 23 more, making it a total of 103," he said.
Adding to this, Health Minister JP Nadda also said that this move would bring relief to the thousands of students who will be taking part in the NEET and thanked the HRD Minister for implementing it.
How can students register for the new NEET centres?
"Students can register on CBSE website & select new centre from the centres available in 23 new cities," Javadekar tweeted.
When does the registration for choosing new NEET centre open?
The registrations for choosing an exam centre from the newly opened NEET centres begin today. They are advised to finish the registrations within the next three days.
What are the new NEET centres?
Andhra Pradesh
- Guntur
- Tirupati
Gujarat
- Anand
- Bhavnagar
- Gandhinagar
Karnataka
- Davangiri
- Hubli
- Mysore
- Udupi
Kerala
- Kannur
- Thrissur
Maharashtra
- Ahmednagar
- Amaravati
- Kolhapur
- Satara
Punjab
- Amritsar
- Rajasthan
- Jodhpur
Tamilnadu
- Namakal
- Tirunelvelli
- Vellore
Uttar Pradesh
- Gorakhpur
West Bengal
- Howrah
- Kharagpur
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