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No Time To Prepare, Dates Clashing With CUET: MBBS Aspirants Demand NEET Postponement

Hashtag ‘PostponeNEETUG’ has been trending on microblogging site Twitter and the aspirants have also started an online petition which has been signed by over 24,000 students.바카라 웹사이트

No Time To Prepare, Dates Clashing With CUET: MBBS Aspirants Demand NEET Postponement
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Thousands of MBBS aspirants have demanded the postponement of medical entrance exam NEET scheduled on July 17, saying it's "too close" to other competitive exams, giving them limited time to prepare. 바카라 웹사이트

Hashtag ‘PostponeNEETUG’ has been trending on microblogging site Twitter and the aspirants have also started an online petition which has been signed by over 24,000 students.바카라 웹사이트

In their petition, they said the counselling of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate)-UG 2021 ended just in March, and the 2022 edition is scheduled on July 17. 바카라 웹사이트

"How are we to revise such a vast syllabus in just 3 months? Moreover, other important exams like the Board Exams, CUCET, JEE Mains are also scheduled around the same time. Imagine the trauma and pressure we students are having to go through with all these significant exams scheduled one after the other. Is this a fair decision?" the petition demanded.

The last year라이브 바카라 exam was initially scheduled for August 1 but was postponed to September 12 due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.바카라 웹사이트

"So much stress in the last days of exams. I'm losing my hope. No one wants to hear, no one wants to help us, no one wants to understand us. We, the aspirants, are in great trouble. Please postpone the NEET-UG," said Sanjana Gupta, an aspirant.바카라 웹사이트

According to Anubha Srivastava, a lawyer and the president of the India Wide Parents’ Association, NEET and Common University Entrance Test (CUET), are happening at the same time causing inconvenience to students.바카라 웹사이트

"NEET must be held after JEE MAINS so that students can prepare well. Already the session is not going to start before Feb 2023 for NEET Aspirants as the counselling will take time," she said.바카라 웹사이트

The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced Wednesday that the debut edition of CUET-UG will be conducted from July 15 to August 10.

"Dear @DG_NTA and @EduMinOfIndia please hear the plea of the students, and their small demand, it's not a unjustified wants there are many reasons also NTA announced the CUET which directly clash with NEET exam," a Twitter user said. 바카라 웹사이트

The number of registrations for medical entrance exam NEET has crossed 18.72 lakh this year -- 10.64 lakh women, 8.07 lakh men -- recording a significant jump of over 2.5 lakh since 2021.바카라 웹사이트

Among the candidates registered this year, 771 are foreigners, 910 Non-Resident Indians and 647 Overseas Citizen of India card holders.바카라 웹사이트The highest number of candidates have opted English as the medium of exam, followed by Hindi and Tamil.바카라 웹사이트

The NEET-UG is the qualifying entrance exam for admission to Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery (BAMS), Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery (BSMS), Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS), and Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) and BSc (H) Nursing courses.

(With PTI inputs)

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