Parent urges authorities to prevent repeated exam-related issues as NEET re-exam gets underway
Visakhapatnam, June 21
A parent accompanying a candidate appearing for the NEET-UG re-examination on Sunday urged the government and authorities to ensure better management of examinations, saying repeated issues were causing stress to both students and their families.
Ganesh, whose daughter's appeared examination is scheduled at a centre in Andhra University, said students and parents had been facing difficulties due to recurring issues related to examinations.
He said his daughter had earlier appeared for an examination at a Polytechnic Centre but had encountered problems, and was now appearing for the re-examination at Andhra University.
Ganesh further said repeated disruptions placed an additional burden on students who were already preparing for a highly competitive examination. He urged the government and officials to take corrective measures to ensure that such situations do not recur in the future.
"Many children are suffering a lot. Such mistakes should not happen again and again. Therefore, we are requesting the government and officials to manage this properly and rectify it," he said.
He further said that parents were also facing difficulties and that repeated demands on students to continue preparing for examinations caused them distress. Referring to the financial burden associated with medical entrance preparation, he said families invest significant amounts of money in coaching and related expenses.
"We are preparing for this MBBS by spending a lot of money. The coaching centres are also repeatedly demanding money, and poor people like us cannot afford that much money," he said.
Ganesh appealed to the authorities to ensure proper conduct of examinations and prevent similar issues in the future.
The NEET-UG re-examination is being conducted on Sunday across the country. More than 22.79 lakh candidates are expected to appear for the examination at 5,440 centres across 551 cities in India and 14 centres abroad.
Earlier on Sunday Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan expressed his faith in the National Testing Agency, state governments and people in the education sector and conveyed his best wishes to students sitting for the NEET-UG exam, stating that they should appear in the test without worry and fear.
— ANI
Reader Comments
As a parent myself, I completely understand Ganesh ji's frustration. The financial burden of coaching centres is insane. They charge exorbitant fees and then the exam pattern keeps changing or there are technical glitches. Poor and middle-class families are the ones who suffer the most. Government should streamline the whole process and make it more transparent.
It's heartbreaking to see students and parents going through this. In India, medical entrance is already so competitive. Adding administrative chaos on top makes it unbearable. The government must ensure proper testing infrastructure - we can't keep having re-exams and last-minute changes. Students deserve better.
I appreciate the parent speaking up, but we also need to question why coaching centres are charging so much. The whole system from coaching to exam conduct needs reform. Parents are caught between expensive coaching and faulty exam management. It's a vicious cycle. 🎯
The education minister saying 'appear without worry' sounds hollow when parents are literally begging for proper management. NTA should take strict action against officials responsible for these errors. Our children are not lab rats for bureaucratic experiments. The sooner we modernise exam infrastructure, the better.
I feel for this family. The pressure on Indian students is immense - both academic and financial. Repeated exam issues just add to the trauma. The government needs to create a more robust system that doesn't crumble under pressure. At least they're holding a re-exam, but prevention is better than cure.
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