S. Vishnu Sharma
NEET PG Counselling 2022 is on and last date for choice filling and locking has been extended till November 16. It is all about admission into postgraduate courses in the medical sciences. Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) is said to have provided the extension.
There is more to it than meets the eye, there are lot of students who wish to study postgraduation in medicine and this extension has given them additional time for choice filling and locking. It all began with NEET PG 2022 exam and registration for this was open on 15 January 2022.
The last date to submit application was 25 March 2022 and the exam was conducted on 21 May 2022. The results for the test were declared on 1 June 2022. Soon after the results were released, the focus shifted on NEET PG Counselling 2022 which is all about admission into postgraduate medical courses.
Counselling is where students who have passed NEET PG exam with the required qualifying marks choose the colleges to study the course of their choice. Two rounds have already been completed in connection with NEET PG Counselling 2022.
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Mop-up round of NEET PG Counselling 2022 is being conducted currently. The last date to undertake choice filling and locking has been extended till 16 November 2022.
NEET PG Counselling 2022 is usually held in more than one rounds, students who do not get the seat in the initial rounds, go for the subsequent rounds to get a college and course of their choice.
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Students can now undertake choice filling and locking as a part of NEET PG Counselling 2022 till 5 pm of 16 November 2022.
Choice locking could be commenced from 2 pm of 16 November 2022 and be taken up till 5 pm of the same day, according to a notification on the official website of MCC.
Decision
The notification mentions that the decision to extend the date for taking up choice filling and locking in connection with mop up round of NEET PG Counselling 2022 was taken in view of the directions of ‘Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Contempt Petition No. 671 of 2022 (Dy. No. 35224/2022), all states and union territories have to complete second round of state counselling by 06:00 P.M on 16th Nov., 2022 and submit the data on the same day to the Medical Counselling Committee for the purpose of uploading the data.
How to register?
Students have to visit the website of Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) with help of its url ‘https://mcc.nic.in/#/home’ and the click the link for registration to create an account comprising username and password.
Post creation, candidates can login and start filling the form and undertake choice filling and locking. The fees has to be paid and the application form has to be submitted. Post submission, students would get the seat, those who have been allotted seats, can convey their acceptance and pay the fees and join the course as per the specifications.
