NEET Examination Brochure Must Contain Segments For Students With Disabilities: Supreme Court – Education News
The Supreme Court said NEET examination brochure must contain a specific segment for candidates with disabilities to show what are the benefits available to them.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) examination brochure must contain a specific segment for candidates with disabilities to show what are the benefits available to them. The top court said that the National Testing Agency (NTA) must also train their invigilators who are at the ground level in examination centres as to how should they deal with students with disabilities.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna remarked while hearing a plea of a female student suffering from dysgraphia whose grievance was that she was not allowed an additional one-hour for attempting the questions and her answer sheet was snatched by the invigilator.
She sought re-examination or to be adequately compensated with grace marks or no negative marking in case of wrong answers. Advocate Rupesh Kumar, appearing for the National Testing Agency, said that it only conducts the examination and declares the results and does not have much control at the ground level.
“We have conducted webinars for the invigilators but still at the ground level, the situation is sometimes unmanageable,” he said, adding that the result for the examination has been declared. Kumar said that it is difficult to conduct the re-examination for one candidate or award her grace marks as the entire merit list will have to be changed after that.
He added that the student had in between the examination told that she needs an extra one hour due to which the invigilator at the Centre could not cross-check the required provision. “Around 16 lakh students have taken the examination and therefore it is difficult to correct the results for one student as the entire merit list will have to be changed. It may also be not appropriate for other students, who may be superseded if she is awarded grace marks,” he said.
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