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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 20th Dec, 2021

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Yes you are eligible for attempting Neet examination even if you are 24 years old provided you full fill its eligibility criteria.

This is because,

The upper age limit for Neet examination for general category is 25 years but this age limit also is pending in Supreme Court and as of now there is no upper age limit for neet.

For your reference,

Here's the eligibility criteria for NEET :-

-----------) Qualification required :-As per Neet eligibility to be eligible you must be either appearing for 12th board examination  or should have passed 12th board examination with physics, chemistry ,biology/biotechnology and English as core subject.

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†††Important Note :- Students with Biology as an additional subject are also provisionally eligible for neet until Supreme Court gives its judgement over it.

-----------)  Percentage required :- You must get

  • at least 50 % in aggregate of PCB i.e Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology in 12th examination if belongs to general category

  • at least 40% in aggregate of PCB if belongs to st/Obc/ Sc

  • at least 45 % in aggregate of PCB in case of pwd candidates to be eligible.

-----------)  Age limit :-

  • Lower age limit:- to be eligible for neet  one has to be at least 17 years old or more by 31st December in the year of appearing for the examination .

  • Upper age limit :-The upper age limit  is 25 years as on the date of neet examination and there's relaxation of 5 years for obc ncl/SC/ST /PwBD students means upper age limit is 30 years for these categories.

†††† But since 2018, the case of upper age limit is pending in supreme court , and so there's no upper age limit as of now until supreme court gives its judgement over it.

-----------) There's no attempt limit for neet.

For detailed information about neet examination eligibility go through our page for which link is provided below; -

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-eligibility-criteria


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Shubham Dhane 20th Dec, 2021

Hello,

The decision on the upper age limit is pending, so, all candidates are provisionally eligible to apply for NEET 2022. As of now the decision on the upper age limit is not made so you will be eligible for NEET 2022. NEET 2022 will be conducted for admissions to MBBS, BDS, Ayush, BSc nursing and other medical courses.The National Testing Agency (NTA) releases the NEET qualification guidelines 2022 for medical aspirants.Candidates must have passed 10+2 or equivalent with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English as core subjects from a recognized board.

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