NBEMS allows all NEET SS candidates with broad specialty degree to apply for counselling

The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has reduced the National Eligibility Entrance Test - Superspecialty (NEET SS) percentile and allowed all the candidates with an eligible broad specialty degree to participate in the stray round of NEET SS counselling 2025.

“The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has allowed all the candidates who had appeared for NEET SS 2024 exam with an eligible broad specialty degree (MD/MS/DNB) to participate in the stray round of NEET SS super specialty counseling 2024,” the NBEMS stated.

The medical board clarified that there will be no change in NEET SS question paper group specific rank. “Candidature is purely provisional subject to fulfilment of eligibility criteria as mentioned in NEET-SS 2024 Information Bulletin and verification of Face ID/Biometric wherever required,” it added.

NEET SS counselling

NEET SS 2024 result was declared on April 25. The exam was held on March 29 and 30. NBEMS introduced three time-bound sections in the exam this year.

Recently, the Medical Counselling Committee ( MCC ) postponed the NEET SS stray vacancy round counselling in view of round 2 of Tamil Nadu state counselling for in-service candidates.

It had also allowed candidates to resign from NEET SS counselling 2025 with forfeiture of security deposit to the candidates who were allotted seats in the Institute of National Importance Super-Specialty Entrance Test (INI SS) counselling.