With private colleges filing a plea against NEET, parents across the state headed to high court to meet the chief justice and demand that the state take a strong stand regarding centralised admission process for medical aspirants
Even as 1 lakh medical aspirants across the state await their fate following the chaos surrounding the centralized admission process, their parents have decided to band together and intervene in the ongoing petition filed by the private colleges in the Bombay High Court seeking a decision against the system, a hearing for which was scheduled for Tuesday. Deemed universities have already got the court nod to conduct their individual admission process.
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After the National Entrance and Eligibility Test (NEET) was made mandatory, parents were assured that admissions through a single national entrance test will mean complete transparency with importance given to merit. Now, following the several legal challenges on various fronts, parents feel cheated as chaos continues to stress the candidates.
‘Financial exploitation
Ruhi Kapoor, a parent from Mumbai, said, “When deemed universities were fighting against it, the Maharashtra government was not able to take a strong stand in proving the importance of the centralized admission process. Now, private universities want to conduct their own admission processes. This is financial and mental exploitation of parents so we have got together from across the state to fight for justice for the students,” adding, “We wanted to meet the Chief Justice to ensure that the parents’ side is put forth effectively. Sadly, the hearing was adjourned for Wednesday.”
Dhananjay Salvithal, a parent representative form Pandharpur, who was in Mumbai on Tuesday, said, “State government had assured that even as admissions to deemed and private medical colleges will be based on NEET, those will be conducted through centralized admission process. The objective was to ensure that students and parents will not be stressed and there will be complete transparency. But the chaos shows an entirely different picture and the stress on the children is beyond limit.”
Dr Kishor Bele, from Amravati, claimed that parents and children are the least thought about in the entire chaos.
“The situation keeps changing drastically. We come to terms with one process, and it is challenged or changed. Government colleges have already begun classes, while others still struggle for admissions. Meanwhile, the government seems to have just shrugged off this responsibility,” he said.
The hearing in the petition was adjourned for today.
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