22.7 lakh students to take NEET-UG 2025 test tomorrow, mock drills held in exam centres

A day ahead of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) exam, mock drills are being conducted across exam centres on Saturday.

The mock drills are expected to help test preparedness and security at these centres in terms of the functionality of mobile signal jammers, biometric authentication systems, and availability of manpower for frisking, according to



sources.

The exam will be conducted across 5,453 centres in around 500 cities. Around 22.7 lakh candidates have registered for it, down from 24 lakh last year. The exam is being conducted in around 700 more centres this year, compared to the 4,750 centres that were set up last year.

Efforts have been made to ensure that most exam centres this year are in government or government-aided schools, and higher education institutions.