Despite minister’s promise, CBSE says no change in NEET syllabus
Ram.Sundaram@timesgroup.com
Chennai: Contrary to Union education minister Prakash Javadekar’s announcement that syllabi of all state boards might be considered while preparing question papers for NEET 2018, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared there will be no change in the syllabus.
A notification from CBSE, which conducts the nationallevel medical entrance test, said the syllabus for NEET (UG) 2018 would be the same as for NEET (UG) 2017. This suggests CBSE students would continue to have an edge over students of state board schools in places like Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, say experts, as NEET syllabus was based on National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) books used mostly in CBSE schools.
Javadekar’s announcement, earlier this week, evoked a mixed response. While parents of CBSE students protested against the decision to rejig the syllabus with hardly 100 days left for the exam, students from non-CBSE schools heaved a sigh of relief. Dr S Kasi of the Doctors Forum for People’s Health said, “The only possible change we are looking this year is a uniform question paper.” Last year, different question papers were printed for candidates who took NEET in different languages.
CBSE justified it saying other competitive exams like JEE (Advanced) were conducted in similar manner, but the Supreme Court directed it to set a common paper and translate it into regional languages.
Ashok Shankar of the TN CBSE Schools Management Association said these statements were unwarranted while the state education ministry was travelling in the right path by creating awareness on NEET and conducting capacitybuilding programmes to bridge the gap between CBSE and state syllabus. “It was practically impossible to include allstate syllabi. Besides, these kind of statements in the lastminute would distract the students.”
NEET was unnecessary and more efforts are needed to strengthen the state syllabus, said C S Rex Sargunam, retired director of Egmore Government Children’s Hospital. Doctors Association for Social Equality (DASE) reiterated that NEET was based largely on CBSE syllabus and the state government should try to get the President’s nod for two bills passed in the state assembly seeking permanent exemption for the state from NEET.
Ram.Sundaram@timesgroup.com
Chennai: Contrary to Union education minister Prakash Javadekar’s announcement that syllabi of all state boards might be considered while preparing question papers for NEET 2018, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared there will be no change in the syllabus.
A notification from CBSE, which conducts the nationallevel medical entrance test, said the syllabus for NEET (UG) 2018 would be the same as for NEET (UG) 2017. This suggests CBSE students would continue to have an edge over students of state board schools in places like Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, say experts, as NEET syllabus was based on National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) books used mostly in CBSE schools.
Javadekar’s announcement, earlier this week, evoked a mixed response. While parents of CBSE students protested against the decision to rejig the syllabus with hardly 100 days left for the exam, students from non-CBSE schools heaved a sigh of relief. Dr S Kasi of the Doctors Forum for People’s Health said, “The only possible change we are looking this year is a uniform question paper.” Last year, different question papers were printed for candidates who took NEET in different languages.
CBSE justified it saying other competitive exams like JEE (Advanced) were conducted in similar manner, but the Supreme Court directed it to set a common paper and translate it into regional languages.
Ashok Shankar of the TN CBSE Schools Management Association said these statements were unwarranted while the state education ministry was travelling in the right path by creating awareness on NEET and conducting capacitybuilding programmes to bridge the gap between CBSE and state syllabus. “It was practically impossible to include allstate syllabi. Besides, these kind of statements in the lastminute would distract the students.”
NEET was unnecessary and more efforts are needed to strengthen the state syllabus, said C S Rex Sargunam, retired director of Egmore Government Children’s Hospital. Doctors Association for Social Equality (DASE) reiterated that NEET was based largely on CBSE syllabus and the state government should try to get the President’s nod for two bills passed in the state assembly seeking permanent exemption for the state from NEET.
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