NEET fiasco: Karnataka to go ahead with CET counselling first
Karnataka's government has decided to prioritize Common Entrance Test (CET) counselling for engineering and related courses following the NEET-2026 paper leak incident. Counselling for medical and dental courses will occur later based on NEET rankings. The decision allows candidates to upgrade their course choices up to the third round of CET counselling.
- ▪CET counselling will be conducted first for eight courses, including engineering.
- ▪Medical, dental, and AYUSH courses will have counselling based on NEET rankings later.
- ▪Candidates can upgrade their course choices up to the third round of CET counselling.
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In the wake of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-2026) paper leak fiasco, the State government has decided to conduct the Common Entrance Test (CET) counselling first for engineering and others related courses this year, except for the courses that are conducting counselling based on NEET ranking.Accordingly, counselling will be held first for eight courses, including engineering, based on the CET rank, and counselling for medical, dental and AYUSH courses will be held later based on the NEET rank.In addition, it was also decided to allow candidates of all courses, including medical and engineering, to upgrade up to the third round of CET counselling, in the meeting held with the private professional college managements, and officials of the Higher Education and Medical…
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