Over 200,000 students, who registered to appear for the now-postponed National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Testpost graduate (NEET-PG) examination on Sunday, are uncertain on the road ahead for them. This comes after the entrance exam for postgraduate courses in medical and allied sciences got postponed barely 10 hours before it was scheduled to start.
While the health ministry stated that a fresh date for the examination will be announced at the earliest, candidates feel that the decision to postpone the exam just 10 hours before its start is very harsh. Highlighting the difficulties being faced by candidates, a doctor said many of them had centres in cities far away from where they live. He said, "Some had even reached there after travelling for 15 to 18 hours and suddenly the announcement came last night."
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