NBE Postpones Diploma in Pharmacy Exit Exam October 2024 Session, Revised Dates to be Announced Soon

New Delhi- Through a notice, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has notified about the postponement of the Diploma in Pharmacy exit exam (DPEE) for the October 2024 session.

As per the notice in this regard, the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has decided to defer the DPEE October 2024 to a future date. With this, the revised schedule as well as change in scheme, if any, will be informed to the applicants in due course. Therefore, candidates are advised to refer to the NBEMS website from time to time for further updates in this regard.

DPEE October 2024 session will be conducted by NBEMS on a computer-based platform at various exam centres across the country. The exam was to be conducted on three days i.e. October 3, 4 and 5, 2024 respectively and the result was to be declared by November 4, 2024.

As per the information bulletin, Below are the scheme of the DPEE October 2024 examination-

1 There will be three papers of multiple choice questions in subjects/knowledge areas covered in the syllabus as per the Diploma in Pharmacy Education Regulations 2020 (ER 2020) issued by the Pharmacy Council of India. Questions in each of these three papers will be asked from the subjects as per the blueprint prescribed by the Pharmacy Council of India.

2 Each paper will comprise 150 multiple-choice questions which need to be attempted in 180 minutes, therefore, each question paper for DPEE will be divided into multiple time-bound sections. Each question will have 4 response options/distractors in English language only. Candidates are required to select the correct/best/ most appropriate response/answer out of the 4 response options provided in each question. However, there will be no negative marking.

3 A candidate will be declared as having passed only, if the candidate obtains a minimum of 50% marks in each paper separately. With this, a candidate will have to pass all three papers in the same attempt.

5 Results (Pass/Fail) for provisionally eligible candidates will be displayed on the NBEMS official website. There is no provision for re-totaling/re-evaluation/grace marks. A ‘certificate of eligibility for enrolment and practice' will be issued by NBEMS to the successful candidate which will be presented before the State Pharmacy Council for registration as a pharmacist.

6 There will be no restriction on the number of attempts to appear in the examination. However, DPEE is a qualifying examination, once a candidate qualifies the DPEE, he or she will not be eligible to take the DPEE again. Any examination taken by a candidate in violation of this clause will be treated as void and as cancelled.

To view the notice, click the link below