States will be required to an submit affidavit on the NEET translated papers: Javadekar

States will be required to an submit affidavit on the NEET translated papers: Javadekar

The center has asked the state governments to submit affidavits on the accuracy of the NEET translated papers from the next year, said HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar. Central Board of Secondary Education conducts the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) every year for giving admissions into MBBS/BDS courses. Javadekar was responding to an issue during the question zero hour in Rajya Sabha, which was raised by the AIADMK member Vijila Sathyananth regarding the inconsistency of the translated questions in the NEET paper. She said “49 questions in the paper translated in Tamil were vague due to problems in translation and students suffered. A PIL was filed in this regard and the court awarded grace marks to affected students.” He, however, said that the translators were provided by the Tamil Nadu government. The Minister further added that from the next year, the states would be required to submit an affidavit as a proof that the translation of the paper in the local regional language is correct. The AIADMK member also pointed out that many students have to travel farthest of the lands in order to write the NEET 2018 exam. To this, Javadekar responded that the necessary measures have been taken and from next year, students won’t be disappointed.

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