Hyderabad: Reacting to the Neet-related developments, while AP students stated that they were very relieved, their Telangana counterparts had mixed emotions. While they were happy that there would be no Neet this year, the thought of reappearing for Eamcet within a few weeks has them worried.
P.V.N. Alekya from West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, who had been undertaking coaching for Eamcet in Hyderabad since completing her senior Intermediate, was elated with the development.
“I am very happy with the decision to put off Neet for this year. I prepared seriously for Eamcet and am expecting a below-1000 rank. There is no more the burden of writing a new test to fulfill my dream of a medical career,” she said.
P. Likhit, a student from Hyderabad, said that he was happy and tense at the same time. “I’m happy that TS students will not have to go through the pain of writing the national entrance test, which is new for us. However, many students are worried about writing the TS Eamcet again. Hopefully the government will conduct it at the earliest without too much gap since the momentum will be lost otherwise,” he said.
Irrespective of the Centre’s decision, the Telangana government has been pushed to a corner since it has to hold Eamcet again for filling medical and dental seats. This situation arose in the wake of the authorities’ announcement on the eve of Eamcet (on May 15) that the afternoon test would be considered only for filling Agriculture, Veterinary, Pharmacy, Horticulture, Ayurveda and Homopathy seats.
“In hindsight that statement should not have been made. The test should have been conducted stating that the final outcome would be based on what transpired in New Delhi. Now we have to start from scratch again and conduct the test,” a higher official said.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh officials felt TS should have exercised a bit of caution since developments on Neet had been continuously changing in the last few weeks. Ideally they should have postponed the entrance test for a week or 10 days, which could have saved them from these hardships, they said.
