No postponement of NEET, No centres Abroad: Kerala HC dismisses plea
Thiruvananthapuram: In a major decision, the Kerala High Court has recently dismissed the plea seeking a directive to the Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA) to allot centres for NEET overseas or the exam's postponement till the COVID epidemic surpasses.
The decision to this effect was taken on the petition filed by general secretary, Kerala Muslim Culture Centre, Qatar, seeking the concerned authorities to conduct National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) by allotting the examination centres abroad including Qatar and other Gulf countries. The petitioner also sought the court to either order deferment in the NEET 2020 considering the prevailing coronavirus outbreak.
Making its verdict, the HC had taken note of the submissions made by the NTA and the Medical Council of India (MCI) earlier.
Medical Dialogues had reported about the same wherein the NTA and the MCI together had informed the Kerala High Court that arranging examination centres for National eligibility cum entrance test (NEET) in abroad is not practical since it is not feasible to conduct NEET online in a single shift for all candidates. The authorities also told the court that allotting exam centres for this upcoming MBBS entrance test, is not possible as it takes meticulous planning and the exam is about to be held next month; which evidently gives them not enough time.
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