On the basis of Supreme Court's judgement to make National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) compulsory for all medical aspirants, the Maharashtra education department is planning to file a review petition in the court to make NEET available in regional languages other than English or Hindi.
Why the call for different languages?
According to officials of the state education department, though the state education department has not taken any decisions regarding the SC verdict, they want the examination to be offered in regional languages.
"Many students have told us about their fear of having to take the exam in English or Hindi. In MH-CET, they could take the exam in Marathi as well. We are putting together a petition requesting the SC to make the NEET exam available in other vernacular languages as well," said a senior official from the state education department.
Change jolts students:
The order of the Apex Court raised confusion among the students as the student of CHM College.Nuhi Yasin Jalal told HT, "We have been preparing for CET the entire year and this sudden change will be very difficult for the HSC students. How does the court expect us to study two years' worth of CBSE syllabus in two months? This judgment has been unfair."
Sanket Pawar, a student from SK Somaiya College said, "Had they taken a decision on this at least a year in advance, we wouldn't have complained. There are many students who have taken a year out from academics only to reappear for CET, what about them?"
Co-ordinator of the Parents' Association of Medical Students, Maharashtra, Rajesh Jain said, "We welcome NEET but the plea was that students, who have studied the state board syllabus for the entire year, get some exemption. Till the judgment was released on Monday, students were quite hopeful. They are now dejected."
Source:- Indiatoday
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