For students who aspire to study MBBS or BDS course in Karnataka, cracking the Common Entrance Test (CET) has been their first priority. Probably, not anymore.
With the Supreme Court ruling on National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), many students have been forced to concentrate — at a short notice — on an entrance exam that was at the bottom of their priority list just a few days ago.
As per the court’s direction, the existing All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Test (AIPMT), scheduled for Sunday, will be the first phase of NEET. Students who are unable to take this exam can appear for NEET-II on July 24.
Confusion prevails
Students, however, remain confused. Since a number of MBBS/BDS aspirants didn’t register for the AIPMT, they fear that if they don’t take it on Sunday, they will become ineligible and cannot get another chance.
Abdul Qadeer, secretary, Shaheen PU College, Bidar, said that a number of students were asking him about the possibility of skipping NEET-I in the hope they can register for and take NEET-II.
Vaishnavi Prakash, a student at Little Rock Indian School, Brahmavar in Udupi district, said she had been mainly preparing for the CET given its several advantages.
“I registered for the AIPMT too, but didn’t prepare much for it. The CET it is easier than the AIPMT. The CET doesn’t have negative marks but the AIPMT does,” she said. “I am in a complete state of shock given the short notice of the exam.”
‘Undue advantage’
Many students also feel that those who take NEET-II (on July 24) will get an undue advantage, as they will have at least two months to prepare. Krishnappa Shivapappa, another student, has not registered for NEET-II.
“All of this has happened so sudden. Karnataka CET was my first preference. It is more entwined with the state’s pre-university syllabus. I wonder how poor people living in rural areas like me will appear for the AIPMT or NEET. I am very disturbed,” he said.
He said it would be “serious injustice” if some students got three months to prepare and others just three days.
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