November 18, 2024
Age Limit and Eligibility Criteria for NEET 2025 Exam: OBC, SC, General, and EWS Candidates
Preparing for the NEET UG is a significant milestone for all the aspiring medical students who want to become a doctor. Based on the score and rank of your NEET exam, you can get admission to the MBBS, BDS, and other medical undergraduate courses across the country. It is important for the medical aspirants to check the eligibility criteria and necessary requirements that they are supposed to meet to appear for the exam. This article will let you know about the age limit and eligibility criteria for the students to appear for NEET 2025.
Latest updates about the NEET 2025:
- The newly formed committee has proposed various new reforms like new methods of conducting exams, restructuring of NTA and so on.
- The education Minister of India, was a part of a meeting recently which was attended by the secretaries of state governments to to take part equally in the reform process.
- Dharmendra Pradhan, The Union Education Minister, declared on Friday in a meeting held at the ISB (Indian School of Business) that the Centre is working efficiently and actively on the new reforms to ensure that the students can give an error-free examination.
- He mentioned that the government has faced various challenges last year due to the mishap in the NEET 2024, which led to the formation of the new powerful committee led by the former ISRO chief, K Radhakrishnan.
- The committee has suggested several new reforms to implement such as adopting the new mode of exam and organizing a multi-stage exam procedure and taking care of the mental state of the future aspirants.
- He stated that in a recent meeting, after discussing with the secretaries of various state governments, he appealed to them to work collaboratively in the reform process, since many states have their own entrance examinations.
- A new law was also referenced by the Education Minister, that was introduced by the Central government last year to prevent the malpractices during the exams. Strict legal actions will be taken for everyone who will not abide by the rules and regulations.
- He concluded that the Centre’s commitment, with joint effort of the state governments, will ensure a transparent and fair entrance exams in the future with the combination of administrative and legal reforms.
Age limit criteria for NEET 2025:
- For General and EWS students: The candidate must be minimum 17 years old as of December 31, 2025.
- For SC,ST,OBC candidates: Same, the candidate’s minimum age must be 17 years old as of December 31, 2025.
- For NEET 2025, there is no upper age limit criteria that has been discarded.
Eligibility Criteria:
The eligibility criteria is expected to be as usual like the previous year. Take a note of the mentioned points:
- Candidates must have passed class 12 board exam or scheduled to appear in the current year or equivalent with subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English.
- The general category students must have a minimum of 50% aggregate to appear for the NEET Exam whereas the general PwD must secure 45%. Similarly for the reserved PwD candidates, they should secure 40 % aggregate.
- Candidates must be a minimum 17 years of age at the time of admission or attain 17 by December 31, 2025.
FAQS: Important For All NEET 2025 Aspirants
1. What is the tentative date of NEET 2025?
If you follow the previous year trends, you will find out that the NEET exam is conducted during the first week of MAY. So, according to the trend, there is a speculation that the exam might take place on 4th May, 2025 from 2 pm to 5:20 pm. However, NTA has not announced any official notice regarding this. It is expected that the exam time will be the same and candidates are requested to keep a check on the official site.
2. How many attempts for NEET UG are allowed for each student?
The upper age limit has also been scraped off from the NEET Exam guidelines. Candidates can give multiple attempts in the NEET examination. NEET UG is conducted once a year and the aspirant can give the exam as many times as they want to.
3. Will I be eligible to give the NEET exam at the age of 30?
Yes, of course. Candidates can apply and sit for the exam without worrying about age-related barriers.
4. How can I apply for the NEET 2025?
Candidates must visit the official NTA site to register themselves, fill the application form uploaded in the site, upload the necessary documents, and complete the entire process by paying the exam fee.
5. When will we get an official notice regarding the age limit and number of attempts?
It is expected that the NTA will make an announcement any time soon. The candidates are requested to keep an eye on the official site of NTA.
