CBSE move to set up NEET centre welcomed

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, March 26

Educationists and residents have welcomed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) decision to set up a centre to conduct prestigious National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET) for admission in medical colleges in the holy city.

The Millennium Public School, Principal, Sunita Babu, said, the decision would herald a culture of quality education in the border town, apart from offering convenience to take tests.

Of late, students from the city were keenly sitting in competitive examinations to excel in academics. Many local students had cracked finals of the NEET last year and got admission in acclaimed medical institutes of the country. A city-based student Raghav Arora secured an all-India Rank (AIR) 41 rank in the NEET.

Uttamjit Singh, a city-based teacher, who imparts coaching to those interested in taking up medical in their graduation stream, said the centre at home town would help 2,500 local students.

Besides, students from adjoining districts of Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur and Pathankot could benefit from the CBSE move, he added.

He said on average 16,000 students from Punjab appeared in the NEET. Earlier, centres were set up at Chandigarh, Jalandhar and Faridkot. Hence, students had to face travel hassles at least a night before as they had to reach the city of their examination centre to comfortably settle down, he added.

He said this affected their last time revision before examination.