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.

अरमान |

गर अरमानों के पंख होते , जमीं पर पैरों के निशान ना होते
होती पंखुण्डियों की सरसराहटे
हर फलक पर नए सपनो की आहटें ।

गर अरमानों के पंख होते, आँखों में उम्मीदों के अश्क़ न होते
हर तरफ होते मंज़िलों के कारवाँ
लंगरों बिन कश्तियों के काफ़िले  ।

गर अरमानों के पंख होते ,क्या  हम किसी के करीब होते ?
मन मचलते चल पड़ते नए साहिल की ओर ,
क्या थमाते हम किसी को अपने जीवन की डोर ?

साँस.

'गर उमीदों में दुनिया बसा कर ,
ज़िन्दगी से खुश हो तुम ,
क्या साँसों के गुनेहगार हो तुम ?

'गर आंसुओं में सपने दबा कर ,
गुमसुम गुमनाम हो तुम ,
क्या साँसों के गुनेहगार हो तुम ?

'गर अपने कल को माफ़ कर ,
आज उसमे यादें ढूंढते हो तुम ,
क्या साँसों के गुनेहगार हो तुम ?

'गर हर सुबह सूरज के साथ जागकर ,
अपनी रूह को सुला देते हो तुम ,
क्या साँसों के गुनेहगार हो तुम ?

'गर हर पुर्ज़ा कर्ज़े में डूबा के ,
जीवन की नैया तैराते हो तुम ,
क्या साँसों के गुनेहगार हो तुम ?

'गर हर लहू का हर ज़र्रा तुम्हारा ,आज ज़िंदा नहीं है ,
बस जी रहा है ,
तो हाँ मेरे दोस्त , साँसों के गुनेहगार हो तुम ॥ 

Too much?

GDP was dropping, Inflation was rising,
President was on foreign tours, Filling personal clutch,
Kleptocracy much?

People were dissented, Government was stranded,
Did people forgive? No redemption such,
Democracy much?

Planes are overhead, Bullets ahead,
Chaos all over, Peace? No sir!
Anarchy much?

Too hard to live, No reason to love,
Survival is a task, Still smiling for lens,
Diplomacy much?

Farmers are dying, Children are crying,
PM wears a suit, Impresses Dutch,
Hypocrisy much?

The Scale Is Wrong.

Ever felt like you are part of a puzzle so big
You try really hard but you cannot fit
No matter what you cut, you can't fit for too long,
It's not you, it's the scale that's wrong.

Remoulded every bit of you yourself
Changed so much can't recognise myself
No matter what you change heart sings the same song,
It's not you, it's the scale that's wrong.

Shed your wings to walk amongst these mortals,
Gave up your powers so you can live on Earth,
But still you can't find where you belong,
It's not you, it's the scale that's wrong.

When they confine your spirit and break it down,
When boundaries cut your love and pin you to ground
It bleeds so much you don't know if it'll clot
It's not you, it's the scale that's wrong.

Weight of scales make your breathing so hard,
Anger exceeds fear of getting caught,
When you know you are right, that's the way you were born
You know its not you, its the scale that's wrong.

Land-mines all over, you are sick of being scared,
So you trip every wire and blow up the world
When there's no one  to judge or hold your account
It wasn't you but the scale was wrong!

I dare to dream....

Imagine this, a world where no one is judged,
Where you have a free will, but no one holds against you a grudge.
No restrictions on who you love,
No one cares which side of earth you dwell.
A world without boundaries, A world without hate.

A world where you are a part of the nature,
a world where concrete jungles are not the future.
No endangered species, sine qua non,
No useless killing, just a brotherhood of Un.
Imagine this my mate,
A world without boundaries, A world without hate. 

अकस्मात् अयाचित

अकस्मात् अयाचित सुधियों की निधियाँ , जब खुशियों की झड़ियाँ बन जातीं हैं ,

स्मृती पटल पर अंकित सुनहरी लकीरें , तब दीपों की अवलियां बन जातीँ हैं | 

अकस्मात् अयाचित सुधियों की निधियाँ , जब कण्ठरोधक फांस बन जातीं हैं ,

स्मृती पटल पर अंकित घाव की लकीरें , लहूलुहान हों नासूर बन जातीं हैं । 

सरहद पर एक पिता शहीद हुआ , एक बेटी फूट फूट कर रोई ,

कुछ आँखें नम हुईं , फिर सब भूल गए , मनो कुछ हुआ ही नहीं। 

कल न सरहदें रहेंगी,न हम । 

न ये ज़मीं रहेगी, न हम । 

न खुदा के बन्दे रहेंगे, न खुदा  । 

रहेगा बस एक अविरल ज़लज़ला । 

शायद तब और सिर्फ तब एक उम्मीद रहेगी। 

उम्मीद एक सुकून की ,

उम्मीद इस धरती के जीने की ॥