TEST PRACTICE CENTRES (TPCs)

Test Practice Centres (TPCs):

• Test Practice Centres (TPCs) will be setup in rural areas so that students will have an opportunity to practice before appearing for following entrance exam conducted by NTA –
  • UGC-NET
    
    
  • JEE Main
    
    
  • CMAT & GPAT
    
    
  
  
  
• Under it, 2,697 Schools/engineering colleges with computer centres are being made available on every weekend (w.e.f 1^st September, 2018). Any student can use the facility free of charge.
  
  
• The TPCs will have a downloaded Computer Based Test (CBT) which will be similar to the actual test to be conducted on the exam day.
  
  

Decision on NEET:

• Union HRD Ministry withdrew its decision to conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) online and twice a year from 2019.
  
  
• The entrance examination for admissions to medical institutions across the country) will be held as a pen-and-paper test and only once next year.