Why AIPMT was replaced by NEET?

The word, ‘NEET’ has become the most famous topic for the past two months, even for the non-medical aspirants who are aiming for arts and engineering courses. But many of the medical aspirants aren’t aware of another medical exam known as ‘AIPMT’ was very popular throughout the country. But before moving into know what is AIPMT, we should be aware of the difference between NEET and AIPMT.

NEET (National Eligibility and Entrance Exam) is a single medical entrance exam conducted by CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education). +2 candidates (Science) can apply for MBBS and BDS admissions. Proposed in the 2012, it was deferred a year later. Being all India exams, it conducted for all India quota seats, state government seats and also for state, management, NRI seats in private, government medical colleges including deemed universities.

Medical aspirants belonging to the age group of 17-25 are eligible to take the exam, where changes in the form can be made online only. According to experts, NEET is considered tougher than AIPMT.

Other exam known as AIPMT (All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance) was an annual medical entrance exam similar to NEET exam conducted by CBSE. It was conducted for the admission to 15 per cent of total seats in all medical and dental colleges in India under the control of Central and State government. But, it was not applicable for Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Jammu and Kashmir. Despite, both the exams were conducted for medicine, they had differences. While NEET is a centralised exam covering a large range of seats in the medical colleges, AIPMT wasn’t, it covered a lesser number of medical/BDS seats. AIPMT had two papers, Prelims, followed by the Main exam. But NEET has a single paper.

Though AIPMT was quite easier than NEET, it had a number of contagious issues. Besides, several legal petitions were filed in the Supreme Court for the need to standardize the system of medical admission by various state governments. In 2012, NEET was conducted for the first time replacing AIPMT. But AIPMT was restored later in 2013 due to pressure from various quarters. However, NEET was restored on April 11 2016, after the Supreme Court allowed the Central Government and the Medical Council of India (MCI) to implement the NEET.

One most important factor, which led to the replacement of AIPMT, was that NEET was conducted for all seats for all medical colleges across the country. But AIPMT was conducted for 15 per cent seats. Besides, NEET was categorised into 2 merit lists. Moreover, seat allocation is made on the basis where the major portion (85%) is allotted for the state quota and the minor portion (15%) is for national quota.

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