Even as India registered a record number of almost 95,000 coronavirus cases on the day, NEET exam was held on September 13. Amid strict safety guidelines, thousands of students turned up to give the NEET exam. However, for some students the task was more difficult.
Santosh Kumar Yadav, a resident of Darbhanga in Bihar, travelled for more than 24 hours and changed two buses to cover almost 700km to reach Kolkata for his National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). He was unfortunately late by 10 minutes.
According to reports, Yadav was not allowed to enter the examination centre at a school in Salt Lake, located to the east of Kolkata.
¡°I pleaded with the authorities but they said I was late. The examination started at 2 pm. I reached the centre around 1.40 pm. The last deadline for entering the centre was 1.30 pm,¡± Yadav was quoted as saying by HT to a local news channel. ¡°I lost a year,¡± he further said.?
According to exam guidelines NEET examinees were asked to report at least three hours early to get through security and health checks amid the COVID-19 crisis.?
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¡°I boarded a bus at Darbhanga at 8 am on Saturday to reach Muzaffarpur. From there I took a bus to Patna but there was a traffic jam on the route and I got delayed by almost six hours. I took another bus from Patna at 9 pm. The bus dropped me near Sealdah station (in Kolkata) at 1.06 pm. A taxi brought me to the examination centre,¡± Yadav reportedly said.?
People have been tweeting about the problems NEET examinees have had to fave, as many ended up shelling huge amounts of money to commute from one part of the state to another.?
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The Supreme Court had earlier dismissed a petition for delaying NEET and JEE and said that students should get help to travel and get accommodation as well.?
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