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Stressed Out Because Of Lockdown? Here’s How To Stay Motivated During NEET Preparation
Preparing for NEET 2020 is not an overnight task. It requires months of preparation. Sometimes the students put years of hard work into this. When these students spend all their productive time preparing, they overlook other activities. They end up giving up their hobbies and sleep just to study a little longer. These sacrifices have an adverse effect on students. Eventually, the motivation to study starts declining. However, preparing for this examination needs that motivation factor. Without that zeal, it is not possible for anyone to finish NEET 2020 Syllabus.
Tips to Stay Motivated
Let us look at the various tips that can help us retain motivation and consistency while prepping up for NEET 2020:
Planned Schedule
NEET preparation requires proper planning. Divide the syllabus into different sections as per your need. Allot time to each section and try sticking to it. It is also very important that you don’t make the schedule very rigid. Make it very flexible.
Time Table
An incomplete syllabus within the planned time often makes students anxious. This also reduces your confidence. The trick here is to not prepare long term schedules. Prepare everyday activities and proceed accordingly. Short term planning minimizes deviation. Therefore, make a short time table for NEET preparation. Include things that you can achieve in a day.
Solving Mock Tests
Solving mock tests helps you understand NEET 2020 Exam Pattern. Solving them also acts as an inspiration factor. Therefore, NEET mock tests should be solved regularly.
Playing a Sport or Working Out
Working out is very important for physical as well as mental health. Playing a sport helps in developing a sense of discipline. These are not just mere words but are scientifically proven. These activities release endorphins that help you stay positive. Hence, try including a 30 mins workout or sports session. It will help you stay focused.
Healthy Eating Habits
Stress often leads to overeating or loss of appetite. Inadequate eating habits make you feel lethargic and inactive. This leads to the slowing down of your preparation. Eating healthy ad nutritious food will keep your body happy. Thus you’ll be motivated to study even harder. Try cutting down your sugar intake. Sugar can make you feel drowsy.
Sleeping Habits
Studying requires a lot of energy. You require a lot of focus to solve problems and spending hours of your reading. Your body needs rest to charge your drained mind and stay active all day. Therefore, it is very important to get at least 6 hours of sleep. Try studying difficult topics in the morning when you feel fresh and motivated.
Staying close to friends and family
It is very natural to feel anxious. Here, your friends and family act as the best motivators. Seek help from your friends and siblings if you face any difficulty. Talk to your family and close friends to boost your morale and break the monotony. It helps in giving you a healthy distraction.
Find Time for Hobbies
Hobbies help you remember who you are as an individual. They make you happy and act as stress busters. You should never give up on your hobbies. Not being able to do what you love can make you feel really demotivated. It is, hence, very important to continue with your hobbies. Listen to music, draw, write, dance. Do whatever you like while taking breaks and you will successfully feel motivated.
Being Extremely Optimistic
Staying optimistic can be really difficult when you’re under pressure. But this helps in accomplishing goals. The moment you start creeping in negative thoughts, you might start getting to worry. Therefore, try to stay constantly optimistic and focus on your positives. Focus on things that you’ve already done rather than things that are left.
Commit to Ending Goal
Look at the bigger picture. You know that your short term goals will help you achieve the ultimate one. Thus, commit to accomplishing the end goal. If you feel demotivated just imagine how accomplished you will feel when you will crack the NEET 2020 exam. This acts as a motivational factor.
Reward yourself for Small Achievements
Establishing a personal reward system can be really helpful. First, assign small tasks to yourself. After finishing the task, reward yourself for your hard work. It can be anything from small chocolate to a 30 minutes break. The rewards don’t have to be fancy. The idea is to make you feel accomplished and boost your motivation.
Make a note of Things Done
Keep a note of what all you have finished. When you feel anxious, go through it once. It will really make you feel better and determined to start studying again.
Gentle Self-Talk
Positive self-talk can be really helpful. You know yourself better. 5 minutes of positive talk every day can really help you get pumped up to work harder. Point where you are lagging behind and work upon yourself.
It is very difficult to stay motivated when preparing for NEET 2020. You can feel distressed and laid back from time to time. Following these tips will help you a lot to stay motivated and ace your NEET 2020 examination.
Tamil Nadu School Students To Get Free Online Crash Course For NEET From 15th June
The Tamil Nadu government school students and students of government-aided schools are going to receive a free online crash course for National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET 2020) amid the multiplying COVID-19 pandemic and the country-wide lockdown. This initiative is jointly taken by Tamil Nadu School Education Board and Amphisoft Technologies who will be offering this free online crash course through their ‘E-box’ online learning platform.
The course is commencing on 15th June 2020 and students can register for this course using this link – http://app.eboxcolleges.com/neetregister
Registrations for this course are closing on 8th June 2020. Registration is very easy and only requires a few particulars mentioned below-
- Name
- Mobile Number
- Date of Birth
- District
- School Name
- NEET Registration Number
- Medium
The Director of Tamil Nadu School Education Board, S Kannappan, said in a letter to all Chief Educational Officers, that the department was tying up with Amphisoft Technologies and is going to offer this free online crash course beginning from 15th June.
‘Practice-Oriented, Activity-Based Course’
E-box will offer video lectures recorded by subject experts in Physics, Chemistry, Zoology and Botany, covering all the major concepts for the NEET 2020 examination. The course is specifically designed for NEET (UG) 2020 course only. As per the information on the website, the course will be extensively practice-based. There will be more than 6,500 questions to be solved, along with, 80 chapter-wise practice tests, 80 formative tests, 5 unit tests, 2 half-portion tests, and 10 full-portion tests.
Director S Kannappan has asked all the Chief Educational Officers to promote this free course and encourage the NEET aspirants to register for this course for their maximum benefit.
Before this, the Tamil Nadu School Education Board has organised 1-month residential crash courses for students of government schools appearing for NEET (UG). This practice was being followed for the last two years but it is uncertain whether the Education Board would conduct these courses during the lockdown period.
AI-powered Mobile App for Free Mock Tests of NEET 2020 Launches by the Government
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, the Minister of Union Human Resource Development has launched a new mobile application for NEET 2020 and JEE Main aspirants so that they can take mock tests as much as possible for free of cost. National Test Abhyas (the free mobile app) will lead to boost up the confidence level of the candidates before appearing for the main entrance test.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has taken this initiative for the constant closure of NTA’s Test Practice Center and Educational Institutions and for making up for the loss of the aspirants. Consequently, the aspirants will find the online mobile app suitable for uplift their performance and revision process, during this pandemic situation.
“This timely launch is designed to ensure that no student is left behind in getting exposure to practice testing, especially when Student’s loss due to closure of educational institutions is to be compensated and NTA’s Test-Practice Centers are shut due to the Covid-19 lockdown,” according to HRD Minister.
The aspirants across India are eligible to get access to high-quality tests free of cost so that the students can prepare themselves for the upcoming tests like NEET and JEE and also the competitive exams.
The aspirants, who are android users, are able to download from the Google Play Store. The government has also announced that the iPhone users will also be capable of downloading the app from iOS shortly.
The aspirants only need to remind that they should create a free account once they complete their downloading the app. After that, the aspirants will be capable of starting and taking mock tests on the selected examination. Apart from this, the aspirants are capable to take the exams offline after completing the downloading of the application. At last, if the students complete their offline test, they can go online for submitting their test and can also review their test report.
Steps to Download the National Testing Abhyas application:
- Go to the Apple Store or from Google Play Store and then download the National Testing Abhyas application.
- Now, the aspirants should sign up the application by providing the email id and phone number and password.
- Next you should choose either ‘NEET’ or ‘JEE MAIN’ option from the list of alternatives.
- The aspirants are now capable of downloading the full syllabus test.
- You are now capable of starting the mock test.
The HRD Minister has stated in the press release that NTA has decided to publish one new mock test in the mobile application for the aspirants every day.
In addition, the HRD Minister also mentioned that since the past few years, the education sector has been experiencing leverage of advanced technologies such as Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence compared to the traditional and simple digital distribution of content.
Tripura Government To Fund Its Own ‘Super 30’ For NEET Aspirants
Tripura Government has announced a scheme which will sponsor the education of 30 medical and engineering aspirants from the state. The scheme termed as ‘Super 30’ will fund education or coaching of 30 students towards the preparation of NEET or JEE for the upcoming year.
The scheme will fund 30 students based on their marks in Madhyamik Examinations (matriculation) conducted by the Tripura Board of Secondary Education. State Education Minister, Raman Lal Math, informed while speaking to the state secretariat that the students will be chosen after due consideration of SC and ST reservations.
To avail the benefit of this scheme, the first criteria is annual family income, which should be less than Rs 8 lakh. Tripura Board of Secondary Education has been asked to prepare a list of beneficiaries according to their board exam results. This list will be prepared by Tripura Board out of a list of 20 SC, 30 ST and 50 General category candidates.
Estimated Budget of the Scheme
According to the scheme, students who finally avail the benefits would be eligible to study at a coaching centre of their choice anywhere in the country, with funding for education provided completely by the State Government. It is estimated that the scheme would require finance of Rs 72 lakh per annum with approximately Rs 2.4 lakh spent on each student. Since the scheme is going to sponsor 30 students for both NEET and JEE each, the net estimate goes around Rs 1.44 crore.
The Education Minister also said, “Education department officials would be in charge of checking the progress of students by visiting respective coaching centres twice a year and reviewing their performance in each quarter”.
Lack of Resources for Students
According to the data provided by Tripura Board of Secondary Education, 3,690 students appeared under exams from science stream in 2019. A lot of students apply at top coaching institutes but are unable to attend them either due to lack of resources or due to heavy travel costs from north-eastern states.
Education Minister Nath said that students from Tripura do not get the best opportunity to get admission to top medical or engineering colleges. If provided an equal opportunity as other students, they can also grab a seat in top courses of best colleges and universities.
A total of 27,155 students, which included 13,906 male and 13,249 female students, appeared in Higher Secondary Exams of Tripura state board last year. Among these, 80.51% of students passed the exams, which was a bit higher than the 78.62% pass rate from 2018.
‘Super 30’ is Anand Kumar’s Ramanujan School of Mathematics based in Patna, where he provides education to 30 aspiring students for IIT JEE. The scheme devised by Tripura govt has not credited any reference or inspiration to the school run by Kumar.
New NEET Exam Centres List To Be Released Within A Week
The Director-General of National Testing Agency, Mr Vineet Joshi, has said that the new list of new NEET exam centres will be released within a week. The list will have information about all the exam centres which are now being added to improve social distancing norms considering the situation of COVID-19 pandemic across the country. The list for new exam centres for the JEE Main 2020 will also be announced.
In an interview, he said, “We are in talks with all the organizations and the list of examination centres will be announced within a week, and not more than that.”
Mr Vineet Joshi also said that the examination body, NTA, is going for trials runs of home-based “proctored” tests for some small examinations in order to combat the risks of travelling amid COVID-19 outbreak. He added, “We are trying to introduce this for the smaller examinations for now. We’ll begin the smaller ones, learn the lessons and move on the bigger examinations soon enough.” Although, NEET and JEE Main would not come under this.
Social Distancing Guidelines For Students
New exam guidelines are being set up as a precautionary measure which shall be followed at NEET Exam Centres. He stated that parents will be asked not to escort their children to the exam centres except if it is very essential such as in the case of an exam centre being situated in the outskirts of a city or if the child has special needs. He said that barricading shall be in place to ensure that candidates do not crowd at gates or break social distancing. Entry will also be maintained in such a way that the gates do not get too crowded. Social distancing will be followed before, during and after the examination.
Conducting Exams with Extra Rooms and Centers
NEET is conducted in Pen and Paper mode only. Moreover, the examination shall be conducted on a single day i.e. 26th July 2020 with approximately 11 lakh aspirants appearing for the examination. According to Mr Joshi, NTA is under talks with schools and colleges to provide extra rooms and centres so that maximum number of centres are available to maintain social distancing. This will also help students get their first preference for the exam centre. But this also raises a question of whether the newly set-up exam centres will be able to prevent any leakage of data?
A lot of students face problems due to missing photographs or documents. Students will be asked to carry a photograph so that they can appear for the examination. But “no student shall be turned away because of these problems”, he said.
On dates of NEET Admit Card, he said that if the situation is stable, admit cards will be released around 21 days prior to the exam dates. And for NEET 2020 Results, they will try to release the results in about 15 to 20 days after the exams are concluded as inspection of OMR sheets might take some time. While for the results of JEE Main, he told that NTA would be able to release results soon after the exam as JEE is conducted completely in computer-based mode.
On NEET 2020 being conducted in Pen and Paper mode, he said that they are reviewing the possibility of conducting future NEET examinations in an online computer-based mode as the ‘logistics of computer exams are much easier to maintain than an exam on pen and paper.’
NEET Aspirants sign petition, Demanding Exam Center in UAE
Medical aspirants living in the United Arab Emirates have signed an online petition asking for a local centre in the country for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) which is the only national medical entrance examination in India for undergraduate courses in the country to MBBS courses in AIIMS, New Delhi, JIPMER and all the similar institutions. The conducting body for this exam is NTA (National Testing Agency).
The exam was supposed to be conducted in the month of May, however, it had to be postponed to a later date due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The exam is now scheduled to be conducted all around the country on July 26.
NEET is conducted in offline mode where the candidate has to answer on the OMR sheet. This exam can be taken by Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and these candidates have to take the exam in India only.
According to the statistics, out of 10 lakhs aspirants, 300 resides in UAE. They have signed an online petition which says, “Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 all over the world, the flights have been disrupted and even the limited window of travel opportunities come along with compulsory quarantine. In this situation, it is impossible for the students of UAE or GCC to travel to India to appear in the proposed NEET Exam (26th July). We sincerely request the National Testing Agency to arrange for a test centre in UAE so that students can safely take the exam without risking their life.” This petition has already been signed by over 909 people.
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Subramanian Krishnamoorthy, CEO of the UAE-based Meccademia Education Group which prepares candidates for NEET and other exams, commented that the demand was “under consideration” by the NTA. Krishnamoorthy assures that Meccademia can open its facilities for a local test, bearing all costs, at its 10 centres in the UAE that can hold a capacity of 500 candidates.
“There are many students from UAE who are enrolled to give the exam. “Travel and stay in India will be very tough to arrange in time for the exam. It will be safer for everyone if an exam centre is held in UAE”, writes India expat Jiya Shankar on ipetitions.com, supporting the petition.
NEET Super Specialty 2020 to Conduct Unlikely In July Or August
The National Board of Education or NBE conducts the NEET SS (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test – Super Specialty) exam as per the admission schedule specified in the Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations (PGMER), 2000. The exam authority has announced that the exam could be conducted in July or August due to the spread of COVID-19.
In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the NBE, which is conducting various postgraduate medical entrance exams, has already differed the exit exams of MS, MD and DNB Board speciality candidates across the country.
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Due to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus all over the world, the exit exam of MS, MD and DNB Board speciality have been postponed. On Friday, 15 May 2020, The board said in the statement that, it is also unlikely their final exam results will be announced by the 15 July 2020, which is the cut off date according to the current regulations to nominate MD, MS and DNB Board Specialty exit examination as qualified to appear in the respective admission year’s NEET SS.
The final exam date of the NEET super speciality exam will be declared on the official website. Candidates are advised to keep visiting the NBE website.
What’s Next in NEET-SS?
NBE Will release the application form for NEET SS and form can be filled in online mode only. Candidates who have completed their MD, MS or DNB degree or its equivalent from the recognised universities will be eligible to apply for the NEET-SS.
NTA Reopens NEET-UG 2020 Correction Facility Yet Again Till 31st May 2020
With multiple requests coming again from candidates appearing for NEET 2020, NTA has re-opened the NEET 2020 Correction Facility yet again. According to the official notice, the correction facility has been re-opened “in view of the hardships faced by aspirants of NEET-UG 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.”
The NEET-UG 2020 Correction Facility has now finally been re-opened for the 4th time till 31st May 2020, which also signifies that the nation-wide lockdown will be extended for 2 more weeks. It is evident that during the third phase of lockdown or ‘Lockdown 3.0’, many candidates living in various other cities decided to leave for their hometown. There were reports mentioning students leaving Kota in buses arranged by various states.
Before this, NTA had re-opened and then further extended the NEET 2020 Correction Facility till 3rd May 2020. Students were under the impression that exams would be conducted by the end of May 2020 or during June 2020 and did not utilise this facility.
After the NEET Correction Facility was closed, HRD Minister, Mr Ramesh Pokhriyal announced that NEET-UG 2020 shall be conducted on 26th July 2020. With the dates being postponed for around 3 months, a lot of aspirants decided to shift to their hometowns. Due to this reason, the majority of students had requested to re-open the facility for one last time.
Choice of Exam Centre
The main purpose of re-opening the facility was to give this option to students. NTA has stated in the official notice that all efforts will be made to allot exam centres in the chosen preferred city by the candidate but this is subject to the availability of capacity. They have also mentioned that it might be possible that a different city from the ones preferred could be allotted due to administrative reasons.
The NEET 2020 Correction Facility shall be open till 31st May 2020 on the official website – www.ntaneet.nic.in. As observed in the previous facility, changes shall be accepted till 5 PM and the submission of the fee shall be accepted by 11.50 PM. Any changes that might require an additional fee will only be charged for. Payment can be made using Net Banking, Debit/Credit Card, UPI or Online Wallets.
For updates or any other related queries on the NEET-UG 2020 exam, students can always reach these official helpline numbers – 8287471852, 8178359845, 9650173668, 9599676953 and 8882356803. Candidates can mail at [email protected].
Free Coaching For NEET-UG 2020 To Government School Students: Tamil Nadu School Education Minister
As a relief to a large number of students, K A Sengottaiyan, Tamil Nadu School Education Minister, announced that the Tamil Nadu government will provide free NEET UG coaching classes to aspirants who have applied for the examination. The announcement was made on 12th May 2020 amid other announcements on class 10th and 12th boards and their evaluation process. All these exams have been postponed due to COVID-19 crisis all over the country and the subsequent country-wide lockdown, with NEET UG 2020 now scheduled to be conducted on 26th July 2020.
Tamil Nadu government has announced that it will make arrangements for food and lodging in 10 government colleges for the purpose of coaching government school students appearing for NEET-UG 2020. Along with this, the government is already providing free online facilities to study from home to students who are able to access the internet.
Tamil Nadu Board Examinations
Class 10th and 12th board exams which are still pending will be conducted from June 1 to June 12, 2020, announced the minister. The state government will be conducting Class 12th board exams for the state board students on June 4, 2020, for more than 35,000 students all over the state. Class 11th examinations which were halted during the country-wide lockdown are also proposed to be conducted soon enough. This decision will help students focus on the upcoming exams in July 2020 such as NEET-UG 2020 and JEE Main 2020.
The education minister said that the evaluation of answer sheets for exams which were conducted before lockdown will begin from May 27 at respective camps, while following complete social distancing norms by the evaluators.
Class 10th board exam dates
| Dates | Exam |
| June 1, 2020 | Language |
| June 3, 2020 | English |
| June 5, 2020 | Maths |
| June 6, 2020 | Optional Language |
| June 8, 2020 | Science |
| June 10, 2020 | Social Science |
| June 12, 2020 | Vocational |
Social Distancing will be followed
Considering the severity of conducting exams under this ongoing pandemic crisis, the School Education Minister has announced that the board exams will be conducted with complete social distancing norms, to control the spread of coronavirus. He also said that even though exams will be conducted soon, schools shall be re-opened only after the COVID-19 crisis is over.
NEET 2020 Aspirants getting Fake calls and SMS, NTA Warns Candidates
Candidates applied for NEET 2020 are getting fake calls and SMS asking for their personal details and application information. NTA on Monday informed candidates that these calls are not done on behalf of the exam authority. NTA asked students to not disclose any personal details in response to calls, SMS or email. NTA does not ask any personal details of candidates through calls or SMS.
The statement released by the NTA, “All the candidates who are going to appear for NEET (UG) 2020 examination are informed that NTA does not ask for any personal information through call, SMS or e-mail. If any such calls or messages/emails are received, please do not share any information.”
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The exam authority, NTA, said that they will take strict action against these fraudulent calls. NTA asked NEET 2020 appearing candidates and their parent to follow the information provided on the official website. Candidates are advised to not respond to any calls or SMS.
NTA will conduct the NEET 2020 exam on 26 July. As it is an offline paper, NTA has doubled the NEET Exam centre to maintain the social distancing.
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For any query, candidates can contact the exam authorities. The helpline number are –8287471852, 9650173668 and 8882356803 or mail at [email protected].
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