The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) undergraduate exam 2022 is expected to be held on July 17 this year. The entrance examination is conducted for admission to various medical colleges across India. NEET 2022 aspirants have demanded that the exam be postponed. Many have asked for more time to prepare for the exam on social media, using the hashtag #JUSTICEforNEETUG.
The National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the medical entrance exam, also shared that it has obtained representation from students demanding a postponement of the exam. In response to an RTI inquiry, it added that no changes have been made to the NEET UG 2022 date so far, according to a leading daily newspaper.
Many students urged the NTA to postpone the exams for at least 40 days so that they can properly prepare. “Please postpone NEET UG 2022. It is a problem of our life, our future, our career, our dream. Don’t lose our year for just 40 days, we want just 40 days,” one user wrote on Twitter using the #JUSTICEforNEETUG hashtag.
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“Delaying NEET UG for 50 days will not interrupt the current session OR the upcoming session as it will not start before February 2023. Droppers need a fair chance,” read another comment on Twitter.
Postpone NEET UG 2022 please It is problem of our life, our future, our career, our dream. Do not lose our one year for only 40 days we want only 40 days🙏#postponeneetug2022#JUSTICEforNEETUG @agupta_7@BNNIN@DG_NTA @dpradhanbjp @Neha320122032 @aajtak @iAmNekramGurjar pic.twitter.com/AbWjXIrzNT
— Praveen Jogsan (@PraveenJogsan20) June 21, 2022
In a letter to the Prime Minister, India Wide Parents Association stressed that state counseling for NEET-UG has recently ended and board exams are still being conducted, leaving students with no time to prepare. The agency further wrote that the new session will begin in February 2023 so that a delay in the exam would not disrupt the academic year.
https://twitter.com/ThePradeepRawat/status/153881082704982160
postponing NEET UG for 50 days will not interrupt the ongoing session OR the upcoming session as it will not start bef Feb 2023. Droppers need a fair chance.#JUSTICEforNEETUG #NEETaspirantsNeedsJUSTICE @DG_NTA @dpradhanbjp @EduMinOfIndia @TOIIndiaNews @PMOIndia @ANI
— slade (@slade43434342) June 21, 2022
Last year the NEET took place on September 12. Because of this, students say they have less than 10 months to prepare for NEET 2022. Some students have claimed that they have to appear for other exams during this time and therefore they face difficulty in preparing for NEET-UG 2022 One user emphasized that the NEET syllabus is huge and the time remaining is not enough to go through it thoroughly.
NO PROPER TIME FOR REVISION.THE SYLLABUS IS VAST
ADMIST THESE ISSUES,MANY OF ASPIRANT LIKE ME MUST BE HAVING THEIR GRADUATION EXAMS.@DG_NTA (must be knowing the frequency of neet exam in an year) DO YOU THINK IS IT A JOKE?IF IT GETS INTO YOUR HEAD,DO THINK and #JUSTICEforNEETUG🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/uaOAluZlwl— Sunidhi Jaiswal (@SunidhiJaiswa16) June 21, 2022
Earlier, a message that NEET 2022 would be held on September 4 had gone viral on social media platforms. PIB later clarified in a tweet that it is fake and that no changes have been made to the exam. Meanwhile, NTA has released the admission tickets for JEE Mains 2022 on its official website and is expected to release the admission tickets for NEET-UG soon.
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