By PTI
NOIDA: Over 15,000 National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET) 2022 aspirants on Friday submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging that the upcoming submit graduate examination be postponed, training rights group stated.
The NEET PG 2022 is scheduled for May 21 and the memorandum has come from college students throughout the nation, together with the Delhi-National Capital Region, via numerous teams and associations, they stated.
The growth got here at the same time as a medical college students’ affiliation moved the Supreme Court on Thursday for postponement of the examination citing its conflict with the continued counselling for NEET PG 2021.
“We 15,000 aspirants writing on behalf of majority of NEET PG aspirants suffering due to the ongoing counselling and upcoming NEET PG 2022 exam scheduled on 21 May,2022. We would like to bring it to your notice regarding the issues faced by the aspirants who are unable to appear for the upcoming medical post-graduation entrance exam NEET PG 2022,” the memorandum acknowledged.
“The counselling process conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) for NEET PG 2021 has been made null and void seven times. As per latest notification from MCC, May 7 is the last date for the admission into PG courses. But, the registration for NEET PG 2022 was closed on March 25, 2022,” it acknowledged.
The memorandum famous that with the “uncertainty of the counselling process” greater than “50,000 aspirants couldn’t even apply for the exam”.
“The uncertainty related to the counselling process has brought the students in dilemma about proper conduction of counselling and the date when it will be finished,” it added.
In the memorandum, submitted on the prime minister’s workplace (PMO), New Delhi, the aspirants additionally cited confusion as a result of suddenness of the notification and stress due to it forward of the essential examination as they urged that the examination be postponed for eight to 10 weeks.
“We request you to give us appointment to a delegation of 5 NEET PG aspirants so that we can put the genuine demands in front of you. As you requested all the final year medicos to serve the nation during COVID-19 crisis, we have done that as desired by you in the larger interest of the nation. Now, we request you to sympathetically consider our demands and serve us justice,” it acknowledged.
The aspirants have been represented via teams like Federation of All India Medical Association, United Doctors Front Association, All India Medical Students’ Association, and NCR Parents’ Association, amongst others.
Separately, NCR Parents’ Association president Sukhpal Singh Toor stated round 70 individuals have taken Delhi Police’s permission for a “peaceful protest” on the Jantar Mantar within the nationwide capital on Sunday over the difficulty.
“This protest will not cause any obstruction to traffic or the movement of pedestrians. This protest is totally apolitical,” Toor stated.
