NEET UG 2022: Extra time to be given this year for the exam, Check Reporting time and other Details
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With only 10 days left for the medical entrance exam, students are now focusing on D-Day preparation. Along with academics, how one writes the exam is also important when the stakes are as high as NEET 2022. This year, the number of applications has reached one of the highest with over 18 lakh students applying for the medical entrance exam.
NEET 2022 is scheduled to be held on July 17, although the demand for postponement of the exam continues, the officials are all set to conduct the biggest entrance exam of the year. NEET 2022 will be conducted in 546 cities across the country and 14 cities outside India. The exam will be held from 2 PM to 5:20 PM.
This year, students have been given an additional 20 minutes to appear for the exam. Experts believe that this extra time could prove to be a game-changer. NEET was designed to test accuracy. The exam was high-pressure as the students were given only one minute to answer each question. Getting 20 minutes extra without increasing the number of questions in this scenario replaces the core fiber of the question paper.
According to the information given by NTA, students will have to report no later than 1:30 PM. If any student is wearing religious dress which is not allowed or they want to wear an jewelery item they will have to report at least 2 hours ahead to ensure proper search.
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The candidates wearing articles or objects of faith (customary/ cultural/ religious) should report at the examination centre at least two hours before the last reporting time so that there is enough time for proper frisking without any inconvenience to the candidate while maintaining the sanctity of the examination. If upon screening, it is discovered that any candidate is actually carrying a suspected device within such item of faith, he/she may be asked not to take it into the examination hall,” states the admit card.
