No overseas exam centres for NEET 2020 aspirants
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
17.08.2020
After parents of around 4000 National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) (UG) 2020 aspirants filed a plea seeking centres for the entrance exam in Gulf countries, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has told the Supreme Court that it is not possible to have overseas centres as the examination is conducted offline. All the petitioners are based abroad including in Doha, Qatar, Oman, and UAE.
In an affidavit filed on August 11, the NTA said that examination cannot be conducted abroad as it has to be conducted in single shift at the same time on the same day to maintain uniformity. NTA submitted the affidavit after consultations with the Medical Council of India (MCI). “Further, the question papers and other exam materials are to be transported from NTA headquarters to a large number of examination centres in various cities, which would require meticulous planning for safe and secure delivery of the same at the exam centres on time,” the affidavit stated.
“Unlike JEE (Main), for which the question papers can be delivered to the examination centres half an hour before the exam in password protected online mode, more preparations are required for the smooth conduct of the NEET (UG). Also as per the norms of MCI, NEET (UG) has to be conducted in single shift on a single day, in order to obtain the same level of difficulty in question paper for all candidates,” the affidavit added.
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