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EXEMPTION FROM NEET ONLY FOR A YEAR, FULL IMPLEMENTATION IN 2017
Elaborating on this during a press meet at New Delhi on May 24, the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mr J P Nadda stated that NEET is being implemented from the current year itself for all UG admissions in all private institution in respect of their seats. He added, " The first phase has been conducted on 1st May 2016, and the second phase shall be held on 24th July, 2016, the Minister said. Only state Government seats in government Medical Colleges and state government seats in private institutions will have exemption( if the state government concerned so opts) for the current year." Mr Nadda categorically clarified that from next year starting with PG examination in December 2016, NEET will fully apply without any exemption.
The union government is promulgating the Indian Medical Council( Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 and The Dentists( Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 to amend the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and Dentists Act, 1948 respectively. This is being done to provide for a uniform entrance examination for undergraduate( UG) and post graduate( PG) admissions with a proviso that for UG admission for the year 2016-17 only, the state level seats( both government and private medical colleges) shall be exempt from the purview of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test( NEET) regulations if the state government opts for it.
NITI AAYOG LAUNCHES 500 TINKERING LABS FOR SCHOOLS & 100 INCUBATION CENTRES
NITI Aayog is inviting applications from eligible schools, organisations and individuals to apply for the three major schemes under Atal Innovation Mission including establishing tinkering laboratories in schools, new incubation centres and scaling-up established incubation centres.
To foster creativity and scientific temper in students, Atal Innovation Mission( AIM) will establish 500 Atal Tinkering Laboratories in schools. It will provide one time establishment grant-in-aid of Rs 10 lakh for establishing Atal Tinkering Laboratories( ATL) in schools( grade VI – XII) across India. Further, an amount of Rs 10 lakh would also be provided for each ATL over a period of 5 years for operational expenses of ATLs. Thus, an amount of Rs 20 lakhs per Atal Tinkering Laboratory in each selected school will be spent.
An amount of Rs 20 lakhs per Atal Tinkering Laboratory in each selected school will be spent by the government. Under the initiative, young children will get a chance to work with tools and equipment to understand the basic concepts
AIM’ s objective is to setup 100 AICs during 2016-17. AIM will provide a grant-in-aid of Rs 10 crore for establishing a new AIC over a period of 5 years towards capital investment as well as operation and maintenance expenses. AIM will also provide scale up support of Rs. 10 crore over a period of two years to established incubation centres for augmenting their capacity. They will be shortlisted on the basis of key performance indicators. Both these schemes will radically transform the start-up ecosystem in the country by creating a network of incubation centres of world-class standards.
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BioVoiceNews | June 2016