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NEET 2013:
Students relieved after SC verdict
Monday May 13, 2013 07:02:59 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: It
was a sigh of relief for thousands of students as the Supreme
Court Monday cleared the decks for admissions to under-graduate
and post-graduate medical and dental courses for 2013 in state
government and private colleges.
The ruling allows medical institutions to start their admission
process without any further delay, bringing relief to thousands of
students who were left in a limbo over their results.
It, however, reserved its verdict on the validity of common
entrance exam, the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)
till July.
A postgraduate aspirant Gautham G. said with a sigh of relief:
"Any delayed judgment would have further agonized students like me
who have been waiting for close to six months now." There were
some who felt that the idea of NEET needs to re-thought.
"This is certainly a relief, but its temporary. If I don't get the
medical college I want, I don't know if it will be a safe option
to wait and give the entrance exam again next year, because the
pattern of exam may totally change," said Rajat Sharma, a medical
aspirant who cleared his 12th board exam this year.
Meanwhile, Nikhil Ojha, a medical aspirant from Bihar said: "There
are very limited medical seats, perhaps government should focus on
increasing the number of seats rather than being so bothered about
this single entrance exam."
However, there are some who are dismayed with the judgment.
"It is a big disappointment for students like me. We have been
waiting for the apex court decision for the past six months. We
were hopeful that the apex court would come in NEET's favour,"
Chandra Bhan, a medical student from east Delhi told IANS.
Another student Sai Shiva who pursued his MBBS from Madras Medical
College believes that there is an immediate need for some clarity
on the NEET.
"A single and common entrance exam provides equal opportunity for
students notwithstanding their economic background," Shiva said.
The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, while
permitting the Medical Council of India (MCI) to declare the
results of the NEET, will, however, pronounce its verdict on the
validity of the test on July 4.
It is to be noted that the supreme court on Dec 13, 2012
restrained the state governments, private institutions and the MCI
from declaring the results of the entrance tests conducted by
them.
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