The Health Ministry sent a letter to the MHRD within three days saying the announcement was made “without formal consultation” with them
Education news : The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test or NEET-UG, a qualifying test for admission in medical institutions, may not be conducted twice in 2019 as announced by HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar in July, according to reports.
Days after the announcement of newly formed National Testing Agency (NTA) who would conduct the national- level examinations — NET, NEET, JEE (Mains) — that were organised by the CBSE, Health Ministry wrote a letter to HRD Ministry, asking them to continue with the offline examination or pen-paper mode in 2019 as well, a Times of India report said.
According to Javadekar in his July announcement, the tests would be computer-based. The exams would be held over a span of four-five days and students would have the option of choosing the dates, he said. The NEET-UG was scheduled for February 2019 with a repeat on May 2019.
The Health Ministry, according to Indian Express, sent a letter to the HRD Ministry within three days saying the announcement was made “without formal consultation” with them. The letter stated the computer-based test would put students from rural and economically poor families at a disadvantage.
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