By: Sakshi Awasthi on May 14, 2018
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) was successfully conducted on May 6, for the academic year 2018. The NEET 2018 examination was conducted in 11 Languages i.e. English, Hindi, Urdu, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil and Telugu. This year nearly 8 percent of the total students opted for the regional Languages whereas last year 10 percent of the candidates opted for the same. Due to decline in the percentage of students opting for regional languages, there are reconsiderations regarding the regional languages and switching to the English Language from the next academic session.
Nearly 13.25 Lakh students registered themselves for NEET 2018, out of which, 10 Lakh Students opted for the English Language as the medium of Examination. Out of the remaining students, 1.46 Lakh students opted for the Hindi language whereas very few students opted for Assamese, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Oriya, Bengali, Urdu, Telugu and Kannada as their preferred language for NEET 2018.
Details about the number of NEET Aspirants and their preferred language:
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Details
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Number of Candidates
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Total Number of NEET Registered Candidates
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13,25,725
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Number of Students opted English
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10,00,000
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Number of Students opted Hindi
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1,46,542
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Number of Students opted Tamil
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24,720
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Number of Students opted Urdu
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1711
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Number of Students opted Kannada
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818
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Number of Students opted Oriya
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300
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NEET- Undergraduate examination replaced the All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) and all the individual state government medical examination after an announcement by the Government of India in the year 2013 and the first NEET examination was conducted on May 5, 2013. Since then there had been enormous demands by the state governments for conducting the NEET Examination in regional languages as many state governments conducted their state medical examination in regional languages.
The choice of regional languages is restricted to the entrance examination level. Once the candidate qualifies the examination and attains admission in the medical college, they need to study in English language only. For the students who are not much comfortable with the English language, the two-month foundation course will be conducted by the Medical Council of India (MCI).
Even if the decision regarding switching to the English Language for NEET examination might be taken from the coming academic session, some regional languages will be incorporated due to the Supreme Court had directed an order regarding the issue.
