Write NEET in home states from 2019: Javadekar
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:23.06.2018
Next year, candidates will not have to travel out of their state to write NEET, the gateway to medical and dental admissions, Union human resource development minister Prakash javadekar said. This year, with a jump in number of registered candidates in Tamil Nadu, several students had to travel to different states for the exam.
“Next year, this won’t happen. We have instructed that if there are more students in one district, they will have to be accommodated in the same district. Any district with more than 4,000 candidates will be made a centre so all students there and surrounding districts can be accommodated there,” he said, adding number of cities were increased from 107 to 150 this year.
He was speaking on the sidelines of an event at IIT Madras on Friday to mark the grand finale of the First Hardware Hackathon edition of Smart India 2018. The five-day hackathon had been inaugurated on June 18 in New Delhi.
On the reported errors in Tamil version of NEET 2018, Javdekar said he was not aware of such errors. “I will ask the TN government to send good translators so that errors can be avoided. Unlike last year where there were different papers for regional languages, this year there was only one paper. So, the issue is more to do with translation,” he said.
The minister emphasised that it was the government’s priority to create a conducive environment for innovation and research as development of any country is incomplete without it. Hardware edition is the initiative by ministry of HRD to provide national platform to young technical minds to showcase innovations to bring about changes in crucial sectors like agriculture, health, clean water, waste management, automotive, smart communication, and education.
“Hardware hackathon is a movement toward innovation culture which is lacking in the country. It is a chance for the students to convert their innovative ideas into various products and eventually help them in their startup initiatives,” added Javdekar.
The five-day event took place simultaneously at 10 nodal centres.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:23.06.2018
Next year, candidates will not have to travel out of their state to write NEET, the gateway to medical and dental admissions, Union human resource development minister Prakash javadekar said. This year, with a jump in number of registered candidates in Tamil Nadu, several students had to travel to different states for the exam.
“Next year, this won’t happen. We have instructed that if there are more students in one district, they will have to be accommodated in the same district. Any district with more than 4,000 candidates will be made a centre so all students there and surrounding districts can be accommodated there,” he said, adding number of cities were increased from 107 to 150 this year.
He was speaking on the sidelines of an event at IIT Madras on Friday to mark the grand finale of the First Hardware Hackathon edition of Smart India 2018. The five-day hackathon had been inaugurated on June 18 in New Delhi.
On the reported errors in Tamil version of NEET 2018, Javdekar said he was not aware of such errors. “I will ask the TN government to send good translators so that errors can be avoided. Unlike last year where there were different papers for regional languages, this year there was only one paper. So, the issue is more to do with translation,” he said.
The minister emphasised that it was the government’s priority to create a conducive environment for innovation and research as development of any country is incomplete without it. Hardware edition is the initiative by ministry of HRD to provide national platform to young technical minds to showcase innovations to bring about changes in crucial sectors like agriculture, health, clean water, waste management, automotive, smart communication, and education.
“Hardware hackathon is a movement toward innovation culture which is lacking in the country. It is a chance for the students to convert their innovative ideas into various products and eventually help them in their startup initiatives,” added Javdekar.
The five-day event took place simultaneously at 10 nodal centres.
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