National medical entrance test on May 13
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NAGPUR: With the Medical Council of India announcing the date for a pan India CET and the revised syllabus, the stage is now set for the crucial court battle between the apex body and Maharashtra over the proposed common medical entrance exam. The new syllabus was put up on the MCI website late on Thursday night and on Friday it announced May 13 as the date for the exam.
Despite opposition from various states, the MCI has ahead and announced that it will hold the exam next year. The final syllabus for the exam, officially being called the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for under graduates (NEET-UG), has also been released by the MCI after making various changes.
Sangeeta Sharma, MCI secretary, said, "The final syllabus was modified after taking into account lot of suggestions from concerned stakeholders."
The date is something which Maharashtra is not comfortable with. The Directorate of Medical Education and Research had always maintained that holding the NEET-UG earlier than 2013 will be detrimental to students from the state. Dr Pravin Shingare, the DMER, said, "We have approached the Supreme Court and expect that the hearing should take place within a couple of days. Even though the MCI has announced the dates, we are appealing to the court to push it back by a year."
The date has become the bone of contention between the two because of the state syllabus for Std XII. The Maharashtra education board has started incorporating the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) framework and Std XII will be covered from next year. With the NEET-UG based mostly on NCERT, the state feels that its students will be ready for NEET-UG only by 2013.
It is not the state government alone which is heading to court, a group of parents from Nagpur are also set to file a separate appeal. Dr Nandini Babhulkar, a member of the group, said, "We were waiting for MCI to announce the date as the SC would not have entertained our appeal without it. Now on Monday we will be approaching SC and asking for a deferment of at least a year. How can the MCI expect students to study with just 150 days remaining? We support MCI's initiative but all we ask is the NEET-UG date to be pushed till 2013."
Earlier this year the SC had given a green signal to MCI for holding the NEET-UG. Following this the MCI stepped up the pace on formulating a syllabus. The draft syllabus was uploaded on the MCI web site on July 22 and feedback was sought from relevant stakeholders. By the time the feedback's deadline expired 20 days later, the MCI had received almost 2,000 e-mails with suggestions.
The Maharashtra government had already written a letter to the Union health ministry expressing displeasure over holding the NEET-UG in 2012. And with various stakeholders now knocking on the SC's door the uncertainty over the exam still continues. Various other states, Tamil Nadu being one of them, have also opposed the NEET-UG.
"Just imagine the mental stress these students are going through. This entire year the students have been perplexed over which exam they have to appear for in 2012. It is high time that all stakeholders involved start thinking about the kids first," said Dr Babhulkar.
TOI
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