NEET PG: Malayali students protest finally bearing fruit, new exam centers allotted in Kerala

NEW DELHI: The protest to change the exam centres for NEET-PG from Andhra Pradesh to Kerala is seeing positive results. Those Malayali students who earlier received exam centres in Vizag and Hyderabad have now received notifications about new exam centres within Kerala.

The email from the National Board of Examination has started reaching the students. Health Minister J.P. Nadda had earlier promised former MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar to sort out the issue as soon as possible.

“Minister JP Nadda assured about resolving the issue while the National Board of Examinations has already started steps to ensure allotment of examination centres to Kerala students, nearer to their residence” Rajeev Chandrasekhar wrote on X.

It is now expected that the students will get the notification by August 5. Most of the Kerala students have centres in Andhra Pradesh. Students from Delhi have to go to Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to appear for the exam. Two and a half lakh MBBS graduates will appear for the exam. There were several centres in Kerala but most applicants had to select neighbouring Andhra Pradesh as there was a technical glitch at the time of applying.