West Bengal CM Writes to HRD Minister over Irregularities in NEET UG 2018
- CM of West Bengal pointed irregularities in NEET-UG 2018 exam conducted by CBSE on May 06, 2018.
- She revealed that Bengali medium students were not provided question papers in their language.
Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee wrote to Union HRD Minister, Prakash Javadekar pointing several irregularities inNEET-UG 2018exam that was conducted on May 06.
She indicated that manyBengali studentswere not provided question papers in their language on time. Many of these students were provided with photocopies of question papers that had the same candidate code for multiple students. In many centres, the photocopies of questions wereillegiblethat caused unnecessary nervousness and panic among the students. In a few exam centres across the state, Bengali medium students were asked to write answers usingEnglishorHindimedium question papers, she revealed.
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Adding further, Mamata Banerjee revealed that over600 candidateswere allocated exam centre in Cossipore Central School, Kolkata. However, CBSE provided only 520 question papers. A similar incident also took place in another exam centre located in Hooghly district, she added.
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The CM of West Bengal urged Prakash Javadekar to take immediate action against those responsible for these irregularities. She also suggested the MHRD set up a coordination mechanism at theinstitutional levelwith the state government and ensure proper arrangements for exams in future.
Apart from such issues,NEET-UG 2018 was successfully conducted in all the states across the country. Even though the stringent rules irked the parents and students, they cooperated with the exam centre authorities for the smooth conduct of exam.
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