Karnataka has decided to remain out of the all-India common entrance examination to be conducted by the Medical Council of India (MCI) in 2012.
Stating that the State syllabus is not on a par with that of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Higher Education Minister V S Acharya said making the students appear for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) would be unfair as they were not equipped to face such examinations.
In 2012, the State will bring the syllabus of the first year Pre-University Course (PUC) on a par with that of the CBSE. And in the subsequent year, the II year PU syllabus will be revised. By 2014, Karnataka will join the NEET
