Tribune News Service
New Delhi, August 24
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition seeking directions to the Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA) to allow examination centres abroad to hold NEET-2020 for admission to medical courses.
A Bench led by Justice LN Rao asked the Centre to arrange Vande Bharat Mission flights for such students to appear for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET).
This year's test was scheduled in May, but it was rescheduled to July 26 and then to September 13 due to Covid. It will be conducted by the NTA in pen-paper mode. The top court also refused to relax quarantine norms for them, citing public health issues. However, it allowed the petitioners to approach the state authorities to seek relaxation for candidates landing from abroad for NEET. Earlier, the NTA had told the top court that it wasn't possible to hold NEET overseas as it was conducted in paper book format.
In an affidavit filed in the SC, the NTA had pointed out, "NEET has to be conducted in a single shift at the same time on the same day to maintain uniformity and, further, the questions papers and other exam material are to be transported from the NTA headquarters to a number of examination centres in various cities, which would require meticulous planning for safe delivery of the same at the examination centres on time." The affidavit was filed in response to a petition filed by parents of applicants for NEET 2020 working in Qatar.
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