Karnataka Colleges to Grant Naturopathy and Yoga (BNYS) Admissions Without NEET

In an official notification, Karnataka Examination Authority has informed that NEET which is considered to be the most important examination for admissions in medical courses, in unnecessary for admissions in BNYS or Bachelors in Naturopathy and Yoga System courses at the state of Karnataka. The official Notification by KEA has made it clear that college entrance test or CET to be held fully responsible for the admission process in BNYS 2019 in Karnataka medical colleges.

The candidates willing to take up the course has been asked to submit the application by 27th March 2019 and pay the application fees by 29th of March 2019 for Karnataka BNYS admissions.

Earlier, as per a notification issued by the ministry of AYUSH, NEET was made mandatory for all AYUSH affiliated courses in India. This impacted the admission in BNYS in Karnataka last year where 299 seats remained vacant. The BNYS course saw the record number of vacant seats previous year which led to the decision taken by KEA to make NEET unnecessary for admissions in BNYS from the upcoming academic year 2019-20.

The notification issued by Keya said, “...to get the eligibility of admission in Bachelors of Naturopathy and Yoga Courses for the year 2019 candidates have to attend CET - 2019 conducted by KEA.”

The decision has been taken in absence of the Apex body that regulates the admission process in BNYS, informed some officials. Non-NEET admissions were taken in Private Karnataka BNYS Colleges previous year based on an appeal to give out vacant seats to non-NEET candidates.

However, admission to other courses like Ayurveda , Siddha, Unani, and Homeopathy will still require mandatory NEET according to AYUSH guidelines.

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Due to the direction of AYUSH previous year, 72 seats in Ayurveda, 12 seats in Unani and 74 seats in Homeopathy were vacant which led colleges to grant admission to non-NEET candidates to fill up the intake. This related a disproportionate distribution of merit within the students of the same batch. Federation of private Ayurveda medical colleges and hospitals appealed to the state government previous year after the scenario happened to revise the guidelines for allowing non-NEET candidates to enter the course.

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