No Outstation NEET Test Centres from Next Year: Javadekar
- NEET 2018 drew flak from students following the confusion with respect to NEET test centres that caused inconvenience.
- In response to that, HRD Ministry has decided that students will not be required to travel outstation to take the exam.
There were many loopholes in the NEET 2018 examination as the NEET authorities failed to provide the adequate number of exam centers in the state of Tamil Nadu. Over 2,000 candidates had to travel to adjoining states such as Kerala, Karnataka and some had to travel to Rajasthan for the exam which was held on 6th May.
This created a lot of confusion and chaos among students and their parents as well. A lot of parents even expressed their anger regarding the same. Following these complaints, the Union Human Resources Development Minister, Mr. Prakash Javadekar has notified that medical entrance aspirants will not be required to travel to different states from next year onwards. He promised the students that the ministry will set up more exam centers in native cities based on the requirement.
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For NEET 2019, students will not be required to travel to different states to appear in the examination. According to Javadekar, the number of test cities where the NEET exam was conducted increased from 107 to 150 this year. He also said that any district which has more than 4,000 candidates will have an exam center. This initiative will help accommodate all the students from such districts.
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Apart from this, the Minister said he was not aware of the wrong question in the Tamil version of the NEET 2018 exam . However, he assured that the ministry will take required measures to avoid any such complaints in the future.