Help for NEET candidates pours in
Group In Rajasthan Offers Food, Lodging
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 05.05.2018
Even as the government announced an assistance of ₹1,000 to every student writing the national eligibility-cum-entrance test (NEET) for MBBS admissions outside the state, several organisations as well as individuals on social media pitched in with help on Friday.
However, what hascome as a big relief for some students who reportedly got centres in Rajasthan was the support pledged by Rajasthan Tamil Sangam, a small group representing people from Tamil Nadu working and settled in that state. The organisation said it would arrange for picking up NEET candidates and parents from railway stations, bus stands and airport, provide accommodation, local transport to exam centres and drop them at the place from where they will return to Tamil Nadu.
S Muruganantham, 24, from Salem who works for Smart Cities project in Jaipur, told TOI that those who needed help could contact Rajasthan Tamil Sangam president Soundaranayagi on phone number 08696922117 or members Muruganantham (09790783187) and Bharathi – 07357023549.
In Madurai, though 14 of the 289 candidates appearing for NEET will be travelling to Ernakulam to write the examination, none could avail of the monetary benefit on Friday. This was because the education department did not have cash to give them at short notice and the schools which were asked to disburse it were also closed as it was beyond 4 p.m, when the students came there.
The TNSTC announced two special services from Tirunelveli to Ernakulam where many candidates were allotted centres on Saturday morning.
Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi Nagapattinnam said in Trichy that it had received calls from NEET candidates and were giving cash assistance to the tune of Rs 5,000 to help them reach their centres. A few coaching centres in Chennai which had trained students from across the state said a few of their students were travelling out of the state to write NEET. S.K Engineering Academy, Chennai said two of its students had been allotted centres in Kochi. “One student is from Nagarcoil and the other from Kanyakumari. They had put even their third preference as places nearby but still they don't seem to be facing any issues regarding their allotted location. They already left for Kerala from Chennai on Friday morning," said a representative of the institute.
While 82,000 students from the state wrote NEET last year, this year the numbers have increased to over 1.1lakh. NEET director Sanyam Bharadwaj said that there had been an increase of over 30% in registrations from Tamil Nadu this year. Approximately 1,000-1,500 students may have to travel outside the state to write NEET in other centres.
CBSE sources said that students would be allotted centres as per their second or third preferred locations given in the application forms if not within the state. Education department officials meanwhile said that 39 students from government and government aided schools will be writing out of Tamil Nadu (in Kerala and Karnataka).
With inputs from Chennai, Trichy, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tirunelveli.
BULGING NUMBERS: While 82,000 students from the state wrote NEET last year, more than 1.1 lakh students are appearing this year
Group In Rajasthan Offers Food, Lodging
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 05.05.2018
Even as the government announced an assistance of ₹1,000 to every student writing the national eligibility-cum-entrance test (NEET) for MBBS admissions outside the state, several organisations as well as individuals on social media pitched in with help on Friday.
However, what hascome as a big relief for some students who reportedly got centres in Rajasthan was the support pledged by Rajasthan Tamil Sangam, a small group representing people from Tamil Nadu working and settled in that state. The organisation said it would arrange for picking up NEET candidates and parents from railway stations, bus stands and airport, provide accommodation, local transport to exam centres and drop them at the place from where they will return to Tamil Nadu.
S Muruganantham, 24, from Salem who works for Smart Cities project in Jaipur, told TOI that those who needed help could contact Rajasthan Tamil Sangam president Soundaranayagi on phone number 08696922117 or members Muruganantham (09790783187) and Bharathi – 07357023549.
In Madurai, though 14 of the 289 candidates appearing for NEET will be travelling to Ernakulam to write the examination, none could avail of the monetary benefit on Friday. This was because the education department did not have cash to give them at short notice and the schools which were asked to disburse it were also closed as it was beyond 4 p.m, when the students came there.
The TNSTC announced two special services from Tirunelveli to Ernakulam where many candidates were allotted centres on Saturday morning.
Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi Nagapattinnam said in Trichy that it had received calls from NEET candidates and were giving cash assistance to the tune of Rs 5,000 to help them reach their centres. A few coaching centres in Chennai which had trained students from across the state said a few of their students were travelling out of the state to write NEET. S.K Engineering Academy, Chennai said two of its students had been allotted centres in Kochi. “One student is from Nagarcoil and the other from Kanyakumari. They had put even their third preference as places nearby but still they don't seem to be facing any issues regarding their allotted location. They already left for Kerala from Chennai on Friday morning," said a representative of the institute.
While 82,000 students from the state wrote NEET last year, this year the numbers have increased to over 1.1lakh. NEET director Sanyam Bharadwaj said that there had been an increase of over 30% in registrations from Tamil Nadu this year. Approximately 1,000-1,500 students may have to travel outside the state to write NEET in other centres.
CBSE sources said that students would be allotted centres as per their second or third preferred locations given in the application forms if not within the state. Education department officials meanwhile said that 39 students from government and government aided schools will be writing out of Tamil Nadu (in Kerala and Karnataka).
With inputs from Chennai, Trichy, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tirunelveli.
BULGING NUMBERS: While 82,000 students from the state wrote NEET last year, more than 1.1 lakh students are appearing this year
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