Last Update: 01 Aug 2022, 15:40 IST
PLE on Standard Exam Protocol for NEET. (representative image)
The division bench of the High Court has adjourned the hearing of the matter till the first week of August.
The Kerala High Court on Friday deferred for next week the hearing on a plea seeking a standard protocol for conducting examinations across the country in the wake of a recent incident at a NEET examination center in the state where women candidates were allowed. Part of his undergarments were asked to be removed. To appear for the test. The division bench of the High Court has adjourned the hearing of the matter till the first week of August.
Apart from framing a standard protocol for examinations across India, the PIL also seeks a direction to the National Testing Agency (NTA) to allow the affected female candidates to re-appear for the examination as they are not eligible for this examination. may not be able to concentrate. Given the “painful” condition that day the test. The petition has also sought free counseling for the affected students as well as compensation for the “trauma” and “mental pain” they suffered.
Seven people were arrested in connection with the incident on July 17 after the parents of one of the affected candidates lodged a police complaint. Of the seven arrested, five were women and two were men, one of whom was a NEET (National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test) supervisor and the other an examination coordinator.
Three of the arrested women worked for an agency hired by the NTA and the rest were employed in a private educational institution in Ayur, where the incident took place. All the seven were released on bail by the trial court last week.
Meanwhile, NTA has constituted a fact finding committee to visit Kollam. The PIL states that this is not the first time that such an incident has happened in the name of examination and the reason was lack of a common protocol or system for conducting the examination. It has also been claimed in the petition that the memory of the student is affected by physical or physical search immediately before the examination.
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