कराची का बचपन कैसा होता ?

अरे ओ समय ! ज़रा बताओ ना ! कराची का बचपन कैसा होता ?

दादी माँ की उन गलियों में , रहते तो कैसा होता ?

जो होती ना सरहद , ना बटता हिंदुस्तान
अमन के एक मुल्क में, बचपन कैसा होता ?

अगर खुंभ होता सिंधु किनारे,
तो पुलाव पकोड़े का स्वाद कैसा होता ?

क्या यूँ ही गिरती है बारिश की फ़ुहार ,
जहाँ है दादी की कहानियों का संसार ?

ज़रा बताओ न समय , कराची का बचपन कैसा होता?

दादी माँ की गलियों में, रहते तो कैसा होता ?

 जो होती गर्मियाँ , तो कश्मीर की ठण्ड सेंकते
बिना तारों के, स्वर्ग कैसा होता ?

क्या यूँ ही पतझड़ की झड़ियां हैं लगती
जहाँ दादी की यादें हैं बसती  ?

ज़रा बताओ न समय , कराची का बचपन कैसा होता?

दादी माँ की गलियों में, रहते तो कैसा होता ?

NEET- The Good, The Bad and The Inevitable

NEET or National Eligibility Entrance Test has become a locus of confusion and controversy for many students. A single entrance exam for medical colleges all over India based on the CBSE course invokes a mixed response from the aspirants.

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So let’s first see what NEET is.

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test or NEET-UG is a entrance examination in India, for students who wish to study any graduate medical course (MBBS), dental course (BDS) or postgraduate course (MD / MS) in government or private medical colleges in India.NEET-UG (Undergraduate), for MBBS and BDS courses, will be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). NEET-UG replaced the All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) and all individual MBBS exams conducted by states or colleges themselves.

Supreme court approved for exam to be conducted in 2 phases. NEET-1, which, took place on 1st of May and NEET-2 which will be conducted on 24th of June.

On 5th May the supreme court gave another ruling according to which students who have given NEET 1 and are not satisfied with their performance can appear for NEET 2, given they let go of their NEET 1 candidature .

Why is NEET a Bad News?

The ruling to conduct NEET came on 11th April, 2016. By which time most of the students fill the forms for state exams as well as private colleges, which can cost anything from Rs 500 to Rs 2000. This means that the money which they spent on all these forms was a waste and now they would have to fill NEET 2 form all over again.

A centralized exam based on the CBSE Course will have an adverse effect on students from state boards since the syllabus and course are quite different, also given the short notice in which they have to prepare, it is really unfair.

Why NEET is a good news?
A single exam for all the colleges all over the country means uniformity. There would be no state quotas or regional bias. This would also remove the burden of giving multiple exams for the same course over multitude of colleges.

NEET would wrestle out the powers out of college management and give it to the centre for admission of students for healthcare course.

The apex court rejected the contentions of the state governments, private medical colleges and also the minority institutions like Christian Medical College Vellore and Ludhiana that they have the legislative competence to hold separate entrance tests. It would decentralize the management-state university nexus.

Also, since this exam is based on CBSE course it would bridge the gap between education disparities of center and state board in the coming years.

The Conclusion

NEET is conducting an unbiased, undivided and uniform entrance exam for medical aspirants all across the country. The only thing going against it is that the ruling came in a very short notice period.

If the same ruling that gave students 2 months to prepare for an exam that initially held only 15% of the total medical seats would have come earlier, a lot of confusion and furore over the judgement could have been avoided.

NEET is the first step towards ensuring national uniformity in medical entrance exam and the intentions behind it are welcomed.But ideally, NEET should be implemented from 2017, instead of 2016 to give teachers and students sufficient time for preparation. Meanwhile, as the NEET storm takes time to subside, students should aim to give their best for the second phase of the exam.

This article was first published on Curofy- India's Largest Community of Verifies Doctor's.