| 4453 students from JK appear in NEET | | 93% students appeared in Kashmir, 82% in Jammu | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 24: National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) was today smoothly conducted at eight facilitation centres across the State. Out of around 4841 students 4453 appeared in the test in the State marking an overall presence of 87.74%. The test was conducted by the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) throughout the country today.
In Kashmir, out of 1740 students, 1621 appeared in the test at three designated centres at SP College Srinagar, Amar Singh College Srinagar and DPS Humhama marking an overall presence of 93%.
In Jammu, out of around 3101 students, 2553 appeared in the test at five designated centres marking an overall presence of 82%. Pertinently, arrangements of transport and boarding and lodging were made by all the District Development Commissioners for the convenience of the students appearing in the test. Downloading facility for admit cards was also arranged by the respective DDCs at their offices across Kashmir. Minister for Education today visited various examination Centres in Srinagar to personally take stock of the arrangements made for the smooth conduct of the test. The Minister was informed that out of 600 students, 555 appeared in the test at SP College Srinagar, out of 600 students, 571 appeared at Amar Singh College Srinagar and out of 540 students, 495 appeared at DPS Humhama.
The Minister expressed gratitude to the CBSE authorities, the Divisional Administration, District Development Commissioners, District SSPs, respective college and school authorities and other concerned for facilitating smooth conduct of the test.
Meanwhile, the Minister also reviewed the arrangements for counseling for the Prime Minister's Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS), which will begin at Srinagar and Jammu simultaneously on26 July 2016 from 9.00 am.
In Kashmir, the counseling will be held at Amar Singh College, Srinagar while in Jammu, the counseling will be held at Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar. The list of the provisionally eligible candidates for PMSSS is available in the final merit list at AICTE website: http://www.aicteindia.org/downloads/JnK. The candidates have been asked to report at the respective Counseling Centres, one hour ahead of the scheduled time with all the requisite documents.
The Minister urged the students to join the counseling as per schedule to take advantage of the scheme. |
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