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Reports also quoted students as saying that the requirements of the COVID-19 precaution protocol were 'tiring'.
centres across the country, with students queuing up as per their designated time slots and adhering to social distancing norms, reports
Students were allotted different time slots for entry to ensure staggered movement and social distancing.Over 15 lakh candidates registered
for NEET, which was earlier postponed twice due to the pandemic.Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Twitter assured candidates that
I am confident that students will appear for the exam with confidence and follow all guidelines
All states have made required arrangements to ensure hygiene and safety of students as per guidelines," he tweeted.Pokhriyal also tweeted a
few hours after the conclusion of the exam, saying that around 85.90 percent of the students who had registered, had attended it on
Sunday."NTA informed me that around 85-90% students appeared in NEET exam today
I sincerely thank all Chief Ministers and @DG_NTA for proper arrangements made to facilitate student participation
NEET participation reflects the tenacity and grit of young #AtmaNirbharBharat," he said.Biology, physics, chemistry sections get mixed
responseThe physics, biology, and chemistry sections garnered a mixed reaction from students across the country, according to reports
with the lack of full-fledged public transport, caused difficulties for students appearing for the exam on Sunday.NDTV quoted a student,
Nibedita Saha from Malda, as saying "All of us were feeling tired even before the exams started
Kolkata Metro services resumed, but the frequency was horrible
I couldn't afford to wait for half an hour at the station
I reached the centre in time, but had to wait for an hour to get done with the corona screening."Meanwhile, many students said they had to
wake up very early and travel long distances to get to their centre.Regarding the exam, a majority of students said that the physics and
biology sections were "difficult and tricky", NDTV reported.Hindustan Times quoted Shanya Rawle, a student from Madhya Pradesh as saying, "I
found the question of physics section a bit lengthy and tough
student, Javed Hussain, as saying that he "attempted biology first and about 15 questions were of a high difficulty level, and the rest were
medium difficulty.""A majority of questions were from botany
Physics was most difficult
The chemistry section had questions based on organic and inorganic topics," the report further quoted Hussain as saying.The Hindustan Times
report also quoted an examinee in Ranchi, Vishal Kumar, as saying, "Questions were neither tough nor easy
Many questions of previous year were repeated."Meanwhile, Careers 360 reported that students "are expecting that the NEET 2020 cut-off might
rise because they have found the question paper to be easy".'Online exam would have been better'Mohammad Ovais, who came from Moradabad to
his exam centre in Dilshad Garden, said his entry slot was at 11 am."I left from Moradabad at 5 am
It is not that risky if everybody follows all precautions, the problem arises when people take it casually
There was no crowding at the centres as everybody had designated slots," he said.Vanhika Chaurasia, a resident of Rohini said, "Online exam
would have been a better option than a pen and paper test but we have no option
More delay in exams would have caused loss of a year".For Yuvraj Kumar, the bigger concern was travelling by public transport
"Thankfully metro services resumed before the exam because I was concerned about that and other modes of public transport are not as safe
exam at a Mayur Vihar centre said, "More than the coronavirus it was the anxiety whether exams are happening or will still be postponed,
that caused me more stress
I have done my preparation well and taken all precautions."Till 5 pm on Saturday, more than 15 lakh of the 15.97 lakh registered candidates
special metro trains for candidates.The exam has been postponed twice due to the pandemic and the government decided to go ahead with the
exams, despite opposition from students and some political parties, to mitigate any further academic loss.The National Testing Agency (NTA)
has set in place strict standard operating procedures (SOPs) in view of the pandemic, including measures like reducing the number of
candidates per room from 24 to 12.The NTA has also increased the number of centres from 2,546 in 2019 to 3,862 in 2020 to ensure crowd
management and staggered entry and exit protocols.Unlike the engineering entrance exam, JEE, the NEET UG is a pen and paper exam and held
Accordingly, the NTA changed centres for a few candidates this week in compliance with social distancing norms and COVID
restrictions.However, the city of the exam centre hasn't been changed for any candidate, PTI reported
masks and sanitisers, once they entered the centre, they were asked to use the three-ply masks provided by the examination authority.The
NEET UG was originally scheduled for 3 May, but was pushed to 26 July and then scheduled for 13 September.With in---puts from agenciesFind
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