SC: NEET PG 2025 To be Conducted in a Single Shift on August 3, Know Related Details Below

SC: NEET PG 2025 To be Conducted in a Single Shift on August 3, Know Exam Day Guidelines

NEET PG 2025: According to the orders passed by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Postgraduate 2025 (NEET-PG 2025) which was earlier scheduled to be held two shifts, will now be conducted in single shift on August 3, 2025, by the Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS).

The board changed its decision just days after a Supreme Court bench led by Justice Vikram Nath, on May 30, 2025, cancelled the plan to hold the exam in two shifts. The court said the two-shift system was unfair because no two question papers can be exactly equal in difficulty. The court gave NBEMS two weeks to find more exam centres to fix this issue.

The board, while asking the Supreme Court to approve the new date, said in its request that August 3 was the earliest date available as per its technology partner, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

The firm has suggested that the NEET PG 2025 exam can be administered in a single shift from 9 AM to 12:30 PM on August 3, 2025. The exam was required to be held across 195 cities in 1000 centres when it was planned to be held in two shifts.

The Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has said the examination for 242,679 aspirants will now be held across more than 250 cities in 1000 centres, and approximately 60,000 individuals will be required to handle situations at the examination halls. These people will include commanding officers, system operators, network administrators, invigilators, security staff, registration managers, CCTV staff, and electricians.

Moreover, TCS has specified that more than 2,000 local exam servers across the country will need to be arranged across the country.

The Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) said, “The respondent (NBEMS) is fully committed to holding the NEET-PG 2025 in a single shift…and this application is being made only to ensure practical feasibility and safety of the said examination along with the coordination with all the relevant authorities and stakeholders.”

The Supreme Court rejected the two-shift exam format after some candidates filed a petition. They argued that the questions in the evening shift last year were easier than those in the morning. The petitioners, including individual candidates and the United Doctors Front, asked why no steps were taken to conduct the exam in just one shift.

NBEMS had earlier said it used the two-shift format to prevent cheating, as the online exam needed secure centres.