NMC releases eligibility guidelines for NEET candidates with disability – two weeks after results

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The body is yet to come up with similar assessment guidelines for post-graduate medical courses. Other changes in the new guidelines are:– The new guidelines refer to the ‘disability certificates’, which medical aspirants with disability had to apply for each year, as ‘eligibility certificate’ now. “…it is intended to certify the candidate’s eligibility or otherwise for admission to the MBBS course,” the guideline says. So far, students just had to go from one assessment board to another to get a decision in their favour. “The Appellate Authority shall pass a reasoned and speaking order, clearly recording the basis for affirming, modifying, or setting aside the findings of the Medical Assessment Board,” the guidelines state.