#postponeneetUG2021tilloctober: Students demand postponement of NEET 2021 till October

NEW DELHI: After the revision of JEE Main phase 4 exam dates, several medical aspirants have been demanding postponement of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) till October. Some aspirants fear the possible Covid-19 third wave. Whereas, some NEET 2021 aspirants have requested more time to prepare for the NEET 2021 according to the new NEET exam pattern 2021.

Students have taken to Twitter to demand the postponement of the NEET-UG 2021 exam to October using the hashtags #postponeneetUG2021tilloctober.

The NEET exam is scheduled to be conducted on September 12, 2021. On July 12, the education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, revised the JEE Main 2021 exam dates for phase 4, to August 26, 27, 31, September 1, and 2.

Prashant Kumar, a medical aspirant, tagging the education minister said, “We are not demanding cancellations, we are demanding just for postponement of about 3-4 weeks.”

#PostponeNEETUGtillOctober we are not demanding cancellations we are demanding just fior postponement of about 3-4 weeks . There is whole new pattern in exam and information are just provided before the 2 months of exam .pls sir postpone it @dpradhanbjp

— Prashant Kumar (@Prashan04647906) July 17, 2021

Another medical aspirant tweeted that the NTA has introduced several changes in NEET 2021 exam pattern and therefore, the authorities should allot more time to prepare properly.

1.NEET conducted once in a year
2.Syllabus is based on NCERT
3.Recently NTA has announced change in exam pattern
4.Academic year badly effected due to Covid-19
Please allow state board students more time to prepare properly?#PostponeNEETUGtillOctober@narendramodi @dpradhanbjp

— Satyaki (@Satyaki66026240) July 18, 2021

A NEET aspirant, Sneha, tweeted, “If JEE can be rescheduled then why not NEET 2021 exam.”

Jee can be rescheduled thn y nt NEET as it is a single exam. I request uh on behalf of all students please postpone NEET to october 3..@dpradhanbjp #postponeNEETUGtillOCTOBER

— Sneha (@Sneha39023166) July 16, 2021

“Yes we do agree that there are precautions taken during the exam, but what about outside the campus when many students and parents wait,” another student tweeted.

yes we do agree that there are precautions taken during the exam, but what about outside the campus when many students and parents wait, no social distancing was followed last year and given 100 days as crucial it might become hotspot @dpradhanbjp #PostponeNEETUGtillOctober

— forza.ferrari (@SHARIQH24679685) July 17, 2021

Requesting the education minister to reschedule the NEET 2021 exam dates, Sheikh Alexander, a NEET aspirant, tweeted, “We are going through a lot of anxiety due to the fear of a third wave which may likely hit by the end of August and have its peak in mid-Sept.”

Respected Minister @dpradhanbjp,
Please Reschedule the #NEET date as you did for jeemain 4th attempt.We are going a lot of anxiety due to the fear of third wave which may likely hit by ending August and have its peak in mid-Sept. #PostponeNEETUGtillOctober #RescheduleNEETUG

— Sheikh Alexander (@SAhmad49540952) July 18, 2021

Meanwhile, the NEET 2021 registration process has commenced at neet.nta.nic.in with some new changes. Aspirants fulfilling the eligibility criteria of NEET 2021 for admission can fill and submit the form till NEET application form 2021 last date, August 6.

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