Orissa to hold OJEE along with NEET UG for medical courses.

National eligibility cum entrance test -NEET- introduce to replace state-level entrance examinations for admission into undergraduate medical courses will not be able to do so for medical aspirants in Orissa. They will still have to appear for the Orissa joint entrance examination (OJEE) for admission into pharmacy, Ayurveda and homeopathic courses.

"NEET is for MBBS and BDS courses. OJEE will still be held for pharmacy, Ayurveda and homeopathic courses," said OJEE vice-chairman Dr Sitaram Mahapatra.

In case one want to opt for both MBBS and Auryeda/B.Pharma courses he have to prepare for OJEE and NEET simultaneously with completely different patterns. Orissa has around 960 B Pharma seats.

While NEET is tentatively scheduled for May 13, dates for OJEE will be announced soon, Dr Mahapatra said. Some of the states, such as Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu are against the NEET UG but Orissa took the middle path after its concerns were addressed