A day after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on Sunday, multiple controversies have surfaced including allegations over attempts to leak the question paper of the entrance examination for admission into the MBBS and BDS courses.
While the debate over the quality of test papers and syllabus’ scope is still on, the controversies have also taken a bizarre turn over the dress code.
Over 11 lakh MBBS and BDS aspirants on Sunday appeared for the NEET at over 1,900 centres across the country. The CBSE, which conducts the exam, had deployed 490 officials at centres spread across 103 cities. A total of 11,38,890 students appeared for the exam including 1,522 NRIs and 613 foreigners.
Earlier, CBSE used to conduct NEET for only 15% of the all-India quota seats and for the rest was conducted by states. While last year it was conducted in two phases, this year the test was held only on one day.
Here are the major highlights and key points in the ongoing debate related over NEET:
■ With no Common Entrance Test (CET) for medical and dental seat aspirants this year, many students, particularly those who studied the pre-university syllabus, found NEET—the only qualifying exam to obtain medical and dental seats—very tricky. Many students said the physics section was tougher than the chemistry and biology papers. (The Hindu)
■ NEET is conducted in 10 languages – English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada and Odiya. A parents’ group head said the Marathi and Bengali question papers had different questions from the English question paper, making them comparatively easy. (Mumbai Mirror)
■ The Goa police on Monday arrested four youths from two different examination halls in the state for impersonating during the NEET held on Sunday for admission to medical courses. The four youths were identified as Randhir Singh (21), Diwakar Kumar (22), Mohammad Chanchal (28) and Abhishekh Singh (23) –- all residents of Bihar. Randhir Singh and Diwakar Kumar were picked up from the examination centre.
Around 2,000 appeared in NEET in Goa. NEET is being held this year not only for admissions to medical and dental programmes, but also for homoeopathy and ayurveda courses.
■ Police on Sunday arrested five persons including two medical students in Patna for allegedly making an attempt to leak question papers of the NEET examination ,
Those arrested are Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) student Shiv Kumar, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) student Shivam Mandal, law student Avinash Roshan, a private school coordinator Avinash Chandra Dubey and a van driver Sanjay Yadav, the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manu Maharaj said in a release.
During the interrogation, the accused revealed that they had talked to a centre superintendent of an examination centre who would help them in getting the question paper.
The van was to be used for transporting the question paper which they would get photocopied somewhere en route and then would distribute among candidates, the SSP said adding that the gang had demanded a hefty sum from some of the candidates in Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand.
Police are interrogating the accused besides conducting raids to nab their accomplices, he added.
■ The students appearing for NEET at an exam centre in Warangal were allegedly given English and Hindi question papers instead of Telugu ones. The mix-up took place at the exam centre at St Peter’s Central Public School in Hanamkonda area, said assistant commissioner of police P. Murali. Some 120 students who appeared for NEET at the centre were from Telugu medium schools, he said.
The students later said when they pointed out that they should be given Telugu question papers, the exam coordinator allegedly refused and asked them to carry on with English or Hindi question papers which had been distributed.
Parents of some of the students and some student organisations protested the mix-up, demanding registration of police cases against the concerned officials.
■ An 18-year-old student in Kerala alleges she was forced to remove her bra and another in jeans reportedly had to change when they arrived at an exam centre in Kannur for NEET. They were told it was for “security” to prevent cheating, NDTV reported.
■ Unaware of the do’s and don’ts, many aspirants who appeared for the NEET for the first time faced a piquant situation in parts of Tamil Nadu. Several boys who had gone to attend the test wearing full sleeve shirts were taken aback when they were told that only half-sleeve shirts were allowed in the examination hall. Left with no choice, they had to “customise” it by cutting it to size by using a scissor.
Also, some who had come wearing shoes had to dump it and hastily opt for the sandals of their parents. Girls had to hurriedly removes hair pins, and bands and ornaments like earrings and nose-pins as these accessories were not allowed. Some who had brought their own pens and pencils had to leave it with their parents.
The CBSE, which organises the exam, has said that pens will be provided to candidates at the test centres. Though it had given a list of do’s and don’ts as part of measures to prevent malpractices, many aspirants were not aware of it.
The don’ts included big buttons, brooches and high-heeled shoes for female candidates and kurta-pyjamas for male aspirants. Mobile phones and gadgets such as bluetooth devices were also barred. The Do’s included “bring Admit card,” “reach on time” at the exam centre with “only the required documents.”
Some aspirants had other complaints too.
A section of them said that they had a tough time locating the test centre and wanted more information and landmarks to easily reach the centres. Some students claimed that they were not allowed inside the test centre though they were late only by a “few minutes.”
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