No negative marking in MBBS entrance exam


Oct 11, 9:57 AM ALL INDIA RADIO

The Board of Governors of the Medical Council of India have decided that negative marking would not be used in next year's proposed MBBS entrance examination to reduce marks. The Council however decided to resort to it only in case of a tie between various candidates having same scores in the proposed National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to MBBS courses from the next year. The decision was taken at a full meeting of the Board headed by K K Talwar in New Delhi.

An expert committee constituted to look into modalities of the proposed single entrance test for admission to all MBBS courses across India had earlier recommended that there should be no negative marking in the exam.

The Council also accepted the recommendation of the expert committee for having objective type questions.
The Committee had also recommended percentile score to determine the merit of all applicants in NEET next year.

It will be for the first time the centrally-conducted medical entrance test for undergraduate courses in India will not have negative marking.