Bengaluru sources stated that Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said Karnataka students who missed the medical entrance examination NEET on Sunday due to a train delay will get another chance. Meanwhile he said the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for these students will be conducted on May 20. Furthermore the decision was taken following a request by Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.
Javadekar tweeted "Happy to announce that Karnataka students who missed NEET exam due to railway delay will get another chance". Further in Odisha, where the NEET was postponed in view of the cyclone 'Fani', the exam will be conducted on May 20. Reportedly in West Bengal's Siliguri, where students at one exam centre couldn't take the test because they didn't get the question paper in the opted language Hindi, the reexamination will be held on the same day.
Moreover the NEET for admission to medical colleges was held across the country on Sunday, but hundreds of students from Karnataka missed the exam as their train reached Bengaluru an hour after the scheduled reporting time for the exam. Apparently Kumaraswamy held a meeting Monday with Chief Secretary T M Vijaya bhaskar and Higher education Department officials on the issue and raised the matter with the HRD ministry. Moreover Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda also wrote to Javadekar, seeking an early redress to the students' grievance.
