India’s premier exams for admission into the top engineering and medical colleges of the country — JEE and NEET — frequently create news waves because of their difficulty level. This time, however, it is the coronavirus pandemic. Ever since the Narendra Modi government announced its plans to conduct the exams in September, a chorus of criticism has risen. Most of these — by various political parties and sections of liberal intelligentsia — are unwarranted, and are trying to mask various interests under the false pretence of students’ grievance.
Many of those speaking out have no locus standi to comment on the matter, having never appeared for either of these exams themselves. There are mainly three kinds of arguments that have been made against the present scheduling of these exams, and India’s engineering and medical ecosystem at large, and all three arguments need to be dissected and dismantled.
‘Students don’t want this’
This is the first argument, which ignores the reality that no candidate who has seriously prepared for the exam will ever want it to get postponed. Competition to IITs/NITs is statistically quite difficult and, all factors included, only less than 5 per cent make the cut. I say this as someone who prepared for engineering entrance exams in Kota almost a decade ago, has friends from all of India’s top engineering colleges, and studied at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Allahabad.
What I see is that a few students who are neither serious about these exams, nor are part of the club of those youngsters who might be pro-Modi/BJP, have hijacked the agenda and other political parties seem to have mistakenly given in. In fact, I’ll venture to say that some parties might be behind all this. Now before it seems that I’m putting across the viewpoint of a privileged person with no understanding of the struggles of non-affluent engineering aspirants, let me state that I do understand. Not only did I meet many such young aspirants in Kota, a very high percentage of my class at NIT hailed from lower-income backgrounds.
One of my closest friends from the institute belonged to a family whose cumulative annual income was less than Rs 1 lakh. This classmate of mine cycled 16 km every day to reach the coaching centre and then return home in Kanpur. During the long journey, he would think of solutions to difficult problems from his coursework. Another friend of mine lost his father at the age of five, and was raised by his grandfather who earned just a post office clerk’s pension. I have countless other stories. So, when I say that serious aspirants, whether affluent or not, will never want to get the exam postponed, I say it based on multiple interactions from cross-sections of society.
To those alien to the world of engineering and who have only heard of IITs, and not NITs, an analogy might explain a few things. IITs are like the three Khans of Bollywood — they enjoy world fame and are rightfully considered the torch bearers of their field. NITs are more like the likes of Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn who are bankable stars in their own right, but are considered inferior in terms of their brand value, ‘quality’ and fame. As an aside, think of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS Pilani) as Hrithik Roshan — a more stylish and equally good version of these stars/institutes, and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) as the evergreen Amitabh Bachchan.
Preparation for the entrance exams is generally completed every year by the end of March. Thus, the argument that those with no access to online coaching classes couldn’t prepare, or were left disheartened due to the dates not getting postponed to October, doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. If the preparation has been disrupted, it’s of those students who hope to appear for the exams next year, in 2021. These exams are also conducted at a massive scale, like Indian elections, and thus, even candidates from smaller towns are likely to find a centre in a city within a 100-120 km radius.
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The political angle
Like any healthy democracy, India has a culture of protest. While this is helpful on many occasions, sometimes it also leads to a politicisation of issues crucial to national interest. And this politicisation of JEE and NEET is simply unwarranted. In the absence of any cohesive governance agenda, India’s opposition parties are merely grasping at straws. Many anti-Modi commentators, too, have joined the bandwagon under a false impression. However, it only takes three to four people to start a protest in a population of 100, and is never representative of the larger sentiment.
New Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh protest saw many protesters, including many young Hindus, but did it really affect Prime Minister Narendra Modi? The chaos around the NEET-JEE exams is unlikely to affect him either. Let me also clarify that neither am I a fan of the government, nor of Modi. I am merely amused and concerned by this liberal harakiri.
Also read: With NEET-JEE, the Opposition has a shot at snatching Modi’s favourite voter — the youth
No need to change the existing pattern
In the current debate around the exams, some have recommended an entire overhaul of the present competitive exam system, falsely suggesting that it promotes rote-learning. However, nothing can be further from the truth. Contrary to popular perception, top engineering entrance exams are never about rote learning. They are invariably about application of fundamental concepts, and don’t require any significant cramming of formulas.
The present examination system is also way more egalitarian than any of the suggested alternatives. Any attempt to make admissions more holistic and profile-centric will invariably favour those who come from big cities and affluent backgrounds. An ability to excel in Mathematics is somewhat innate; fluency in the English language, or having a great extracurriculars record is more a function of privilege.
As an avowed liberal, I make a request to my fellow liberals. Let’s not destroy one of those rare systems of upward-mobility, which works well in India for petty political and personal reasons.
The author is a former journalist. He holds a Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, a Master’s in International Relations from O.P. Jindal Global University, and was a Young India Fellow at Ashoka University. Views are personal.
Fake journalism ? i want to just block this news notification
False news it is showing in these pics because most of the exam centres are not like that which it is showing they are horrible it only showing what it want to show why it is not revealing tha in Lucknow an Gujarat because of no internet exam was not completely conducted and most of the students even not attended atleast to the exams i think this channel is showing fakes only not the real truth
Excellent. These so-called liberals & politicians including Modi baiters are putting the student’s career at significant risk. It is rightly pointed out those who were protesting were non-serious students, most of them not intended or even have serious attempts for these examinations. Most of them are party workers & try to get political mileage against the Government.
Anyhow the Government is firm in conducting the exams that are a relief to the major student communities. Even agreed to conduct the special exams for the students from the flooded areas who could not make it depending on the genuineness of the case what more you want.
We appreciate about the good arrangements has been made as per COVID sops. Students are happy & feel safe.
Thanks
This is exactly what the students are saying who have genuinely prepared for it…Even me… Postponement is an escape, not a solution…If Corona stays with us for 1 year, they will try to make govt postpone it for 1 year…then next year, double the number of candidates for the same number of seats, then they will scream why didn’t they take the xam in the last year, now we have to suffer ! It has been politicised to a very high level… because all such parties are now thinking themselves as a Messiah for the students…coz 20 lakhs students mean 40 lakhs parents, maybe this will be in crores, so hoping that number of votes in future, they have run their dirty agenda like this ! This is about students future, and these things can stop because of a bloody virus…These are the demands of only those who have no connection with studies, they don’t know what is an entrance exam and what is engineering curriculum, and some parents too whose children are not at all fit to appear in JEE…..
The students who have appeared are relieved now, they now don’t have to book a seat in costly private colleges, they are now able to showcase their hardwork through their xams……All I hope is that the xam shall be concluded without any hassle, maintaining all the instructions and guidelines for safety by the students and everyone !
It’s not the same for all…?
Literally plz stop blaming students it was very genuine to postpone the exams. Agar yahi July me bhi conduct krte to ham Kuch soch skte the magar itne floods me transport problem k sath aur itne covid cases me. Aur agar ham infect Ho gye to jo neet aur mains dono denge unka kya… Aur Flood effected area walo ka exam bad me hoga agar to vo advance Kaise denge….. Zid pe aake mains to kr Liye but students don’t think so ki neet aur advance abhi hona chahiye it should be actually after Diwali
correct evaluation of facts,, the political class which has already destroyed graduation classes is now trying to focus on undergraduates by jumping on to this bandwagon, To create anarchism these regional players with help of Rahul the royal scion of Congress want to portray themselves as saviour for students, the irony lies in fact that Congress ruled states are themselves conducting various state level exams in rajasthan etc, asking for opening of metros ,public transport, religious congregations but don’t want national level exam.l wish Good luck to all students who worked hard for years for their better future,,but weren’t born with silver spoon in their mouth as most of our dynastic politicians opposing NEET are
I am very happy with the thoughts put out forward and I too also wanted to put the same things. The truth has been put forward by him whether you think bikau or whatever. Rightly said a serious candidate will find his way of transportation and other difficulties without complaining and who wanted to postpone ask yourself how did your last two years went and what was your jee mains percentile in January if jee aspirant think wisely you will realize that you were only those who either filled form for timepass or because of your “pita ji”. The students who have problem is of great concern but the students who don’t have any problem but they still want it to be postponed is of much greater concern for the future of the country.
The government could have easily conducted NEET and JEE when cases in India were at its minimum. Now they want to conduct the examinations when Covid cases are at its peak, and amidst the floods in several states. That’s Indian government logic. They enforced a full lockdown when cases in India were at its minimum, and they started unlocking when the number of cases started to increase. Shame on the Indian government!
The whole world has been unlocked again…Don’t u know ?? Life can’t stop because of it…if u want year-long lockdown then u urself stay at home…when there were lockdowns, people still got out of homes, they never cared about this, everyone thinks that nothing will happen to them…now people need to return to their work or they will be ruined…and coming to xams, did u know that time that covid cases will be so high by now ??? Why r u blaming the govt, blame the Indian people who never cared about this and shamelessly got out of their homes, without masks, never maintaining physical distance…if the govt could know that cases will rise like this, they would have taken the xam…
If they had taken the xam earlier, u would have said postpone postpone !!!
Now u r saying why not taken the xam earlier !
Don’t be so confused …
I agree with your viewpoints. Just to add, there is this paid and TRP hungry media, Bihar and W Bengal elections, an unsatisfied FM that India will never have, and all the fringe elements, adding fuel to the fire. For TN, it is always about canceling NEET and not postponements.
Also, these students are in highest immunity bracket. Natural calamities and problems of BiMaRU states need long term strategy.
Mostly the rich students , having the power to ensure their seats with huge capitation fees and from the giant coaching world are spreading these type of fake news not wanting postponement. The general students, who are mostly middle class, and faced huge problems during the pandemic, genuinely want postponement. They need a little more time. But the voice of the rich is heard first, as is the rule.
Mostly the rich students , having the power to ensure their seats with huge capitation fees and from the giant coaching world are spreading these type of fake news not wanting postponement. The general students, who are mostly middle class, and faced huge problems during the pandemic, genuinely want postponement. They need a little more time. But the voice of the rich is heard first, as is the rule.
Mostly the rich students , having the power to ensure their seats with huge capitation fees and from the giant coaching world are spreading these type of fake news not wanting postponement. The general students, who are mostly middle class, and faced huge problems during the pandemic, genuinely want postponement. They need a little more time. But the voice of the rich is heard first, as is the rule.
Little more time for what ??? To study ???
Before circulating the fake news, look at the facts.
Why do the countries at least which arent even in the top ten in corona cases arent opening the schools or conducting their exams?
Is it because those students didnt prepare for the exams or is it because their government gives more importance to safety?
We didnt ask for cancellation of the exams, we know this is not a fair decision.
We are asking for postponement.
Conducting exams will not be a problem if SOP is implemented. If this was the case, nos tudents would be against the conduction.
Every kid wants to excel in these examinations moreover no kid is fully sure for hus/her selection. If given an opportunity even the smartest one would like more time even if it takes a lot more efforts.. Those who actually dont want it to be postponed are those who actually dont care and “just want to get over with.” Also you cant blame students for telling the govt to care for them.. This is harsh. They are all in it together.
Great writeup. You have spoken the thoughts of many students
Goodbye to you too .never gonna vist your website.
First i thought this one is not unlike those bikavu channels.
Bt tumne b ghusss khaya kya?
Fake journalism.
Life is precious for all no matter u studied or not.and the problems being raised are genuine.
Students who have studied well ,their studies are not gonna go in vain ,there are always non serious students bt these things are put forward in this extra ordinary situation because we value our life our parents life more then anything.and look arround wth your eyes open u will see thousands of students facing the real problem.
Education is for everyone .
Atleast this bad let us know where india stands actually ,evry fuckin agency is corrupted and biased.
Democracy is fucked up by ruling morons
Amen, a more sensible article. The rest of the opinions were really rubbish.
You all are trying to politically cover everything thing whereas we students have genuine reason And are critically thinking about this unlike the government
Stupidest article I’ve read in a while.how much did they pay you?
I think you are not living in this world … When there was 1 to 100 CORONA cases then it was lockdown and when there are more than 70000 cases per day you are just thinking about exams …… How selfish…
I think u are a bus***d who is just happy with his so called NIT degree…. My friend is in IIT Madras ,so what ?….
A student in this pandemic situation gone today 45 kms to exam center ……finding no transportation bicycles 5 km in this rain….. And then kept the bicycle near a shop.. boarded a bus fully loaded with students and reached there ….. After coming home, he got for CORONA test and found him positive……
He told that exam went so good that this time he will get any of the top colleges…
But who will take responsibility if he will die or anything would happen to him…
Some people like you who were stuffed with a rich father’s money… Will say that he should have taken a cab…. Then I will say that cab is not affordable for all….
It was a good decision to go ahead with the exams. The courts and Govt should be appreciated.
Totally agree… as some one who has studied at bits pilani. Kudos to the supreme Court for a great judgement.
Supreme Court got paid by Bharat Jihadi Party which actually brought the virus to India.
We know the main reason why Islamic Jihadi party BJP is conducting exams, they want to DEPOPULATE India. Bharat Jihadi Party brought the coronavirus to India by means like Tabliki Jamaat, running of trains and flights through March, their next step in DEPOPULATION OF INDIA is not just exams, they want to open up schools. Islamic party BJP’s target death count is no less than 10 lakhs. Muhammed Narendra Mulla Modi’s award from Gates Foundation says a lot..
Op jindal wale nahi samjhenge.
First of all, the headline is misleading.. when it says ex-Kota student, one expects that the author has recently been in Kota, and so knows the pulse of the students. Instead, the author turns out to be one of those fuddy-duddies who claims that he was once young and so is qualified to know what the young want right now!!
Second, there’s a lot of conjecture, name-calling, boasting, beating about the bush and a whole lot more whataboutery. The one thing that needed to be there, but is not, is facts! The one attempt at producing a fact is also botched up – a maximum of 120 km travel to an exam center. The fact is, that a student in a remote corner of Arnuachal Pradesh will have to travel 500+ km to the one center in the state – Itanagar. Worse, the author assumes that IIT aspirants come only from cities and towns – how elitist is that?!
The only aspect the article really sheds light on, is why the author is now a ‘former’ journalist!!
Based on the fact that the world is facing a pandemic situation right now hits different
I myself am ready for the exam
Of course, my exam center is far from my local hometown
But, distance is not a problem for me
The problem is – if you become responsible for your life and your family lives
Every educated person out there will now, how cruel this virus is
Many also Stated it shouldn’t be taken lightly
We only demand postponement when the crisis is at its peak now
Am sure, anyone in the right mind agrees with me
This is not rightly articulated all points. Like when u say few stories of students have economical or social problem still want to give exam. Fear of loosing children life acting as a tool to prove some one right or wrong or hearing sorry from ministers will not fullfill the losses also commenting students who are not serious wants postpone these are ridiculous.
There are genuine problems, fear, suggestions etc. So it is very unfair to put things in one way to prove Govt right and all other wrong.
Govt is not responsible for anything like they said from 21 sept students from 9 – 12 class can go to school for guidance with letter of parents & guardians, if anything happens they will close again, So doing experiment and than Authorize letter person is responsible. Where Govt in picture.
Go out now whole India is open. Health ministry says till deepawali all will be under control. How they know ? Like less testing in Delhi, Gujarat and many other states. Soon all news will be blank and all will be okay. So enjoy go out have picnic as all tourism, hotels , restro, malls , why to keep cinema halls also close open it and take Authorize letters for that also.
Please be sensible what to open how to open why to open need to be justified. 6 – 12 months of love fe is not big loss than a single life.
If any one only think for his / her own good and ignore even one loss of life is inhumanity and insensitivity. Rest all are wise.
Sir, I have no words to express my disappointment. I would not argue with your views but your views are detrimental to a healthy education system. No matter what you say, India is a developing nation with all the engineers. I wonder how serious you were with your course. Do you still feel like an engineer? Have you engineered anything throughout your career till now? Sir, with these attitudes, India will remain a developing country. That’s a certainty. Please come out and ask us. We, the students, have an opinion as well.
Exactly.!!
Great Answer…Logical and Reasonable….
Says another stooge so far not infected by the pandemic which was brought about by this government. Things generally turn around and opinion will then reflect.
We know the main reason why Islamic Jihadi party BJP is conducting exams, they want to DEPOPULATE India. Bharat Jihadi Party brought the coronavirus to India by means like Tabliki Jamaat, running of trains and flights through March, their next step in DEPOPULATION OF INDIA is not just exams, they want to open up schools. Islamic party BJP’s target death count is no less than 10 lakhs. Muhammed Narendra Mulla Modi’s award from Gates Foundation says a lot..
The engineering entrances might not be based on rote learning but the medical entrances are largely bases on it
This is not a comment to the post. This is to YOU the moderator.
Sad to know that now your channel is also the same as other media channels doing Modi Bhajan.
You Media has the responsibility to show the truth and make the system work in a correct way.
I know this govt. is putting a lot of pressure on big govt. officials. So nothing wrong in you supporting the government for survival.
Anyways I’m done here.
Bye
To all the liberal fools who are stuck at opposing everything which the government says I have a simple and sincere request…please keep your mouth shut at places where you don’t even have a locus standing. JEE and NEET are as important to the nation as the holy Ganga water is important in the house of a pious Hindu and zamzam to a Muslim. A year without these exams would create excessive completion the next year thereby preventing the deserving future doctors and engineers to serve the nation, also not to forget all the seats of this year ranging in lakh would go unfilled. Speaking about the flood situation , lakhs and lakhs of students giving exam from big cities would be deprived of their dreams just for the sake of a few stuck in flood waters. Only the non serious student who thought the exams will be cancelled this year and couldn’t complete his syllabus on time would give such a fool’s logic of the fear of Pandemic while himself going for a leisure stroll every evening. Speaking of the extremely dimly cognitive opposition of the country which has made a habit of creating anarchy in everything and everywhere even if it is for the general good of the whole country , all I want to say is stop being a pain in the ass of the masses and serious students and do something more useful. Exceptionally well written article indeed
Listen ,is this guy gonna take the responsibility of all the students appearing for the exams??? ,ssly . First of all SOP’s are not followed in many places,IT IS WHAT IT IS. floods, PANDEMIC, difficulties in transportation none of this matters right. Yeah,we’ll give an exam and possibly get infected (possiblity being very high) get our parents infected (me having their grandparents at home ) and yeah just do it.. right??
The authorities can’t keep their own officials safe (back to the real world)(by this I mean their ministers too) but just frick- frack-snick-smack the students there, Yeah totally… Why not ??” An academic year will b wasted” No it won’t. Just get ur facts right.
Bruh ssly , these exams are a do or die situations for us and all u gotta say is political agenda?? well with politicians busy inaugurating buildings and doing photoshoots that’s all u see.
Academics can be maintained
TLDR ; THIS ARTICLE TO WHICH I HAVE COMMENTED IS THE HEIGHT OF STUPIDITY AND HYPOCRISY
Hypocrisy. Our opinions are wrong, keep them to yourself, thanks
This guy didn’t sound like a studious person but rather a non serious candidate. His comparison with film actors is so nice that he deserves to be a politician rather than getting into an IIT and becoming an Engineer. Just imagine the exact same guy getting infected with Covid and unable to give the exams or not prepare well and ending up in some other engineering colleges
Wow a moron appears in the grass do I throw a pokeball on this moron? No. Did an engineering to study from “OP JINDAL” CALLS HIMSELF POOR. Sure man I believe you.
Typical pandemonium situation in the wake of a pandemic….
Days of lock down are over. We, the citizens of India, can’t be selective. We can’t only expect other people to go out there and ensure our daily supplies and maintain essential services. It is time each one of us do our bit. Get out there and face the world and take responsibility for our safety.
How are these people who do not want to take the exams surviving? Courtesy those taking on the dangers? For how long can this continue?
Come on, go on out there and face the world.
the think is coronaviruse is not only affect old people and small childreen , when any one get affected we may get cured but we may lose our 10 – 50 year of our life , yes because this will allso effect heart, lungs and kidney ,so think big guys , we are future people, we r going lose our life finally very fast than before , so lets live every singal day, count down starts
Climate activists such as Licypriya ,Jerome foster,Greta Thunberg,Sophia Mathur, activists from Kenya , Germany supported genuine students scared of a very real pandemic.
Protests in the streets were by political leaders because they wanted to take advantage of an opportunity where genuine concerns were rejected by the government after crores of tweets , thousands of mails and calls.The political angle was not given by students
And Kota the biggest ” dalal” ,” gangster” of these exams,the millions worth industry playing with middle class people’s money is about to end in the next 10 years .
The system needs to change .Why? Because there are dropouts from IIT’s who end up doing nothing.
There are IIT Ian’s working as a teacher in that same KOTA factory.
A view from a unbiased citizen of india.
I am not sure about situation today but when I appeared for JEE, my center was Bhopal and I used to live in Chhtarpur. Distance between them is 300 KM. Without bus and trains I dont think there was any other way to travel. Also, you would have to go atleast a day early for exam. Without safe hotel accomodation it was not possible for me to attend. I am sure 95 percent of people will find a way out, leaving 5 percent without fair chance. All that gives credibility to IIT and AIIMs is that they are fair and provide equal chance to all.
Students do not like postponement of any exam n it is clear from the fact so many hv downloaded their hall tickets. There is clamour to open up everything, but suddenly r worried about students writing exams.
People wearing mask means people want Covid to stay.
Stop saying that people are scared of Covid.
Students do not like postponement of any exam n it is clear from the fact so many hv downloaded their hall tickets. There is clamour to open up everything, but suddenly r worried about students writing exams.
And how would this guy feel if I say that “You’re just saying this because you’re a Modi Bhakt and are not even someone who’s gonna go in a major risk through exams”? Let’s not include politics into such matters and put it forward as it is. It’s rather better to not put up such articles.
You are bang on….science students with two years of hard work and their parents can understand the agony behind further deferment of JEE/NEET. Having hailed from rural background and parent of a son who is appearing for the NEET, my blood boils when people arguing for deferment without knowing the pain of a zero year. Whether RAGA and his pseudo liberals can abbreviate NEET and subjects to be studied to appear for NEET?? Sonia would have known the pains of competition had he son ever studied…
I agree with this. Modi baiters and Pappu followers wants student to have Zero academic year and spoil their career. Finally “The Print” shows the actual truth which few readers from the comments section don’t agree.
Please stop posting this fake news. The need for the postponement is very genuine. Pls use your power to spread the truth and don’t be ‘bikau’
As a student from a coaching institute with 10000 students I can confirm this is true. We have been preparing for a year. Majority of us started preparation from 11th grade and many even as early as 6th grade. All our sacrifices and decisions have led up to this moment. I recently conducted a poll on our telegram channel of which these 10000 student are participants. A whopping 96% students didn’t want the exams to be postponed. And the rest cited reason of uneasinness when thinking about writing exams wearing masks and gloves . Of any student has a difficulty in writing the exam they need to reach out to NTA directly and NTA needs to verify the claim via a district administrative personnel and get the correct percentage of students who actually have difficulty on reaching centres on time. Otherwise the real voices of the students get hidden in the fog of twitter activism where my neighbour’s 10 year old and random 23 year olds is tweeting postpone jee and neet
It’s not the same for all…?
You know the Print has been working against the national interest.
I find your views to be quite unreasonable (& honestly, elitist). The fact that the country is going through a pandemic of unprecedented scale (& suffering badly through it), the fact that a vast majority of students have been deprived of means of public transport like the Railways (which usually allow students belonging from families of low annual income to travel), the fact parts of Maharashtra, Gujarat, West Bengal, Assam are drowned in thick layer of water with no signs of help, the fact that the government wants to absolve itself from any potential transmission of the virus to the candidate by means of carelessness of those who are conducting the exam, the fact that a state like Bihar has only *2* examination centres are all points of concern which you’ve conveniently skipped form getting into.
No Achyut, merely knowing the underprivileged isn’t going to do the job. You have to factor them into your analysis which you didn’t. I don’t find you sharing a remedy for thousands of those students – if not lakhs whose houses have been drowned due to floods or those who have grave logistical issues. Do they not deserve a fair and equal shot at this exam , too?
Also an exam candidate is an exam candidate. His/her fate is decided by his attempt and not by us. Stop making the division of “serious” and “non-serious” student division by self unless you’ve evidence to prove it. Everyone is an equal candidate, has equal chance to write the exam – irrespective of their background and irrespective of their performances in Coaching “Factories”.
Henceforth, please make an attempt to include the marginalised class of society into your analysis to make it more acceptable and more “real”.
Lol
My dear friend Abraham, to be very honest your view is what you accuse his to be – Elitist. Do you have any evidence that the flood affected and the marginalized are not being helped with? No , right?
Stop believing everything you read from random personalities on social media who basically are just working for their political interests and nothing else. What if the exam is postponed ? Then also you guys would have 99 reasons for the exam to be further postponed. Once a procrastinator, always a procrastinator. Have a good day! 😉
Well said, that’s what I had in my mind after reading thisthe article
Ask these morons why government has not conducted exams of railways NTPC?
When will govt declare results of SSC CGL 2018?
If JEE/NEET is being conducted in such times then why can’t railways conduct exams? Or SSC declare result?
Has ThePrint ever reported on the issue of pendency of exams and results of several state commissions and Staff Selection Commission or Railways?
Railways is a job related exam. And JEE and NEET are not. Please understand the difference. Also, the result of CGL 2018 is being released on October. Haven’t you read the circular?
All the exams that could be postponed have been postponed, including final year examinations. Even JEE and NEET were postponed from the original dates. If no exam is done now, it will not only be loss of one edycational year but permanent loss of 77000 doctors to the country. The country is already having lowest number of doctors per million people. Yes Govt has to provide transport facilities and many states are already doing it. We have opened everything including metro, but cant open exam centres for few years.
Excellently put forward. Wonderfully articulated all the points ! Moreover, since when did we have student politics enter Class 12? Ever heard of an ABVP or NSUI representation in your schools ? I ma sure none have heard that because it does not exist. Yet you have them “protest” on the streets ! Why? This is a matter of faux locus standi as the author rightly points out !
So what’s the author’s locus standi?! Being in Kota 10 years ago?! Being a ‘former’ journalist?! Knowing some ‘poor ‘ people, but still having elitist views?! The BJP IT Cell says – you’re against Modi, so you’re anti national.. The author says – because you’re against holding the exams now, you haven’t prepared or are anti-Modi!! That’s the substance of this article, everything else is just to make up the word count!!
Thank u for ur knowledge
:-)A day before the NEET exam India broke the record of highest 24 hr cases (78/79000) .Work that can be done without risking mass spread like recruiting those who have already passed all tests for SSC CGL RAILWAYS etc is neither being done nor being commented on by either our beloved PM or the ruling party leaders. Any question raised is either an opposition stunt or anti-national. Future of students is there argument when they can’t even absorb the already existing qualified candidates whose present has become a stagnant hell. My advice is stop taking what you think is “NEWS” from whatsapp or news channels at face value and open your beautiful eyes.