Shashi Tharoor has written a fresh letter to Health Minister JP Nadda to authorize enough examination centers in every state
After the NEET PG 2024 test center controversy, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor requested Union Health Minister JP Nadda to authorize enough examination centers for medical examination in every state.
New Delhi: After the NEET PG 2024 test center controversy, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor requested Union Health Minister JP Nadda to authorize enough exam centers in each state for the medical exam on August 11 so that students do not have to travel thousands of kilometers and are able to Avoid the hassle of finding affordable and secure accommodation.
In a post on X (earlier Twitter), Tharoor wrote, “My letter to @JPNadda formally requesting immediate action on #NeetPG_mismanagement.” In a letter to Nadda, posted by Tharoor on X, the Congress leader pointed out to the minister that the number of cities where tests are to be conducted has reduced significantly.
He said since the late evening of August 4, it has been flooded by representatives of numerous NEET-PG aspirants and added, “I am sure there is a really big problem.”
“It appears that aspirants are still being prevented from traveling long distances, some even traveling thousands of kilometers. The current climate which has created challenges in terms of availability of tickets, lack of affordable accommodation and security concerns has put doctors in an unsatisfactory position across India. If we want to conduct national exams, we should be able to authorize enough centers in each state, especially given the manageable number of aspirants, allowing candidates to take the exam from centers easily accessible from their place of study or residence,” Congress MP Shashi Tharoor wrote in the letter.
The Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala also said that there are serious concerns about the two-shift exam announced over two different papers in two shifts and the so-called normalization or standardization of results. “There is also serious concern about the announced two-shift examination, two different papers in two shifts and the so-called normalization/standardization of results. Unless there is a single exam on a single date all over India, the whole idea of a national exam is ruined. Adding to all this are reports that the number of cities where tests are being conducted has dropped significantly,” the letter further reads.
“In light of the foregoing, I would be grateful if your office could look into these issues and resolve them at your earliest convenience. Because if NEET-PG 2024 is allowed to go ahead as it is, it will seriously jeopardize the future of our doctors,” he said in the letter.
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) is all set to conduct the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Examination-PG in two shifts for 2,28,542 candidates across the country at 416 examination centers in 170 cities. The examination will be conducted in two shifts and the marks of the candidates will be normalized.
