NEW DELHI/NOIDA:
Wasted time
,
wasted effort
,
wasted money
, but above all, gnawing fear of a wasted year.
On the morning that they were prepared to write a competitive exam that would determine the course of their medical careers and the rest of their lives, scores of young men and women huddled in agony around small notices pasted on boards outside their centres that said the
NEET-PG exam
had been
postponed
and would be "notified at the earliest".
The decision to postpone NEET-PG was announced by govt late Saturday night. Some were unaware, some were unsure what to believe so they reached the venues anyway, and some hoped to find answers to their immediate next question - what would the next date of the exam be? There was no clarity whatsoever on offer. At the venues, each candidate echoed the other's confusion and anxiety, and distress building up over days in the academic calendar slipping away. Indignation was directed at the NTA, which many candidates called "irresponsible".
Among the 2 lakh candidates who were to sit for NEET-PG, there were many who had travelled long distances and following carefully nurtured dreams to reach the exam centres - like Neha Tabassum, who came to Noida from Jammu with husband, spending Rs 12,000 on tickets & a hotel, money that went down the drain.
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