Hyderabad: Though decks have been cleared on Tuesday for exempting state government medical colleges from the Supreme Court-mandated Neet (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) for a year with President Pranab Mukherjee giving assent to the Central government's Ordinance, students from Telangana state will have to write two tests - Eamcet and Neet - to fulfil their ambition of a career while students from Andhra Pradesh, however, have been spared the twin exam worries because they have already cleared Eamcet.
Ms Shankuntala, a teacher in Hyderabad whose daughter secured 503 rank in AP Eamcet, was not happy with the Centre's decision. "This ordinance has created more worries for students and parents. In TS, students have to write two tests within a gap of few weeks. If they wanted to give relaxation from Neet, they could done it entirely for this year," she said. Prashant Reddy, who secured 1,329th rank in AP Eamcet, felt that two tests would take a toll on students. "The student community strongly feels that only one entrance exam should be held - either Eamcet or Neet. The joy we had the other day that there would be no Neet this year was short-lived," he said. Private medical and dental colleges in TS have given up their plans of separate entrance tests. However, the choice of filling NRI quota seats will remain with them like before.
