NEET must for admission to ayurveda, homeopathy courses in Gujarat institutes

03-Aug-2017

A petition challenging a rule which makes the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) mandatory for admission to ayurveda and homoeopathy courses was dismissed by the Gujarat High Court.

A division bench headed by Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy rejected the petition of some of the students challenging the Gujarat Professional Medical Educational Courses (Regulation of Admission) Rules, 2017. The court said the state was justified in framing these rules making a certain minimum NEET score mandatory for BAMS (ayurveda) and BHMS (homoeopathy) courses.

The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board had issued a press note on March 8, stating that GUJCET will be conducted only for engineering and pharmacy courses. Before that, a news report on February 10, informed that admissions to medical (MBBS), dental, homoeopathy, ayurveda and naturopathy courses will be granted on the basis of NEET score.