New Delhi, Mar. 24 (ANI): Taking a step forth towards resolving the controversies surrounding the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET, The Supreme Court will hear the plea today for conducting NEET in Urdu Language. The plea was filed by the Students Islamic Organisation (SIO) in the month of February 2017 after the forms for NEET 2017 were released on January 31. The student organization has suggested that NEET should be conducted in Urdu. NEET 2017 is being conducted in 8 regional languages along with English and Hindi. The plea seeks inclusion of Urdu language as a medium of instruction for NEET from next session onwards
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The Centre on March 10 submitted before the apex court that it is open to the idea of conducting NEET exams, a common entrance test for admissions in MBBS and BDS courses across the country, in Urdu from the next session. The Centre, however, said it would be impossible to include the provision for NEET 2017. A plea was filed by the Student Islamic Organisation’s (SIO) seeking inclusion of Urdu as a medium for NEET 2017.
As per the official notification by the Central Broad of Secondary Education (CBSE), the NEET will be held in 10 languages — Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya and Kannada. March 1 was the last date for the NEET online application and the exams will be conducted on May 7.
NEET, ever since its proposal has been surrounded by controversies. Even after the apex court made the exam mandatory last year, the moment the NEET forms were released this year, varying petitions and controversies have sprung up.
