In the face of the state government’s review petition regarding National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) failing to make an impact on the Supreme Court’s decision, education minister Vinod Tawde has tried to do damage control by announcing the launch of some initiatives for the benefit of students living in the rural parts of the state who will have to appear for phase II of NEET on July 24. Mr Tawde has said virtual classrooms would be set up at the taluka levels and the ministry will also upload lectures based on CBSE syllabus on YouTube for the benefit of the students.
With NEET becoming mandatory for admissions to all medical and dental colleges across the country, students who appeared for the Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by individual states will have to reappear for the NEET.
Around 2.83 lakh students from Maharashtra who appeared for MH-CET on May 5 will also have to appear for the same. However, students in the state have been faced with a unenviable situation as CBSE textbooks and study material is short in supply and a large section of the student community cannot afford it.
To counter the problem, Mr Tawde said that the interests of the students was of foremost importance of the state and it would take measures to ensure that they do not lose out on their aspirations. “We are in the process of setting up virtual classrooms at taluka levels wherein CBSE teachers will be imparting lectures to the students. The scheduling is being worked out and the itinerary will be announced by Thursday,” said Mr Tawde, adding that lectures would also be uploaded on social media for students to listen online or download and save to their computers and refer to them as and when required for the preparations for phase II of the NEET.
