NEET hopefuls to get 8 bonus marks, want 4 queries reviewed
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Yogita Rao | Mumbai:
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File Appeal Online Till 6pm Today
Several medical aspirants
are not content with the answer key for NEET-undergraduate released by
the CBSE on Thursday and plan to challenge it.
While the CBSE's
expert committee has already identified two questions in the physics
section in the many of the sets to be ambiguous, students and coaching
institutes claim answers for at least two more questions--one each in
zoology and chemistry (see box) --given in the answer key , are
incorrect. Many are also upset about the committee not acknowledging two
questions asked on the physiology of `frogs' which was out of the scope
of NEET syllabus. The paper has 180 questions, each carrying four
marks.
The answer key was released after the Supreme Court lifted the stay on the assessment of NEET and announcement of results. In four question sets, two physics questions were marked as `multiplewrong options' in the answer key . “This will either mean that the NEET committee will omit these questions or give eight marks to all students as bonus,“ said a teacher from a coaching institute. A CBSE official said the expert committee reviews the questions before putting up the answer key . “They already identified two questions as ambiguous in the answer key ... How it will be accounted for during the assessment will be their prerogative,“ said the official.
Nishit Chhaya, an aspirant from Airoli, said it is unfair that students waste time in finding solutions to these ambiguous questions. “ Also in a competitive exam like NEET, every mark will make a difference in the rank. If there are ambiguities in a handful of questions, and if it is not addressed, students will end up losing these precious marks,“ he said. “To ask something which is not even there in the syllabus is unfair,“ said Chhaya.
Anurag Tiwari, the national academic head of a leading coaching institute, said the answers given by the board in one question each in zoology and chemistry were `incorrect'. “We have asked most of our students to challenge it,“ said Tiwari. Parents claim the board usually does not acknowledge these challenges. “They charge Rs 1,000 for challenging each question. But most times, they do not even acknowledge them,“ said Sudha Shenoy , a parent.
The board official said the challenges are reviewed by experts' committee and their decision is final. Students can challenge the questions till 6 pm on Friday . The Supreme Court has asked CBSE to announce NEET results by June 26.
The answer key was released after the Supreme Court lifted the stay on the assessment of NEET and announcement of results. In four question sets, two physics questions were marked as `multiplewrong options' in the answer key . “This will either mean that the NEET committee will omit these questions or give eight marks to all students as bonus,“ said a teacher from a coaching institute. A CBSE official said the expert committee reviews the questions before putting up the answer key . “They already identified two questions as ambiguous in the answer key ... How it will be accounted for during the assessment will be their prerogative,“ said the official.
Nishit Chhaya, an aspirant from Airoli, said it is unfair that students waste time in finding solutions to these ambiguous questions. “ Also in a competitive exam like NEET, every mark will make a difference in the rank. If there are ambiguities in a handful of questions, and if it is not addressed, students will end up losing these precious marks,“ he said. “To ask something which is not even there in the syllabus is unfair,“ said Chhaya.
Anurag Tiwari, the national academic head of a leading coaching institute, said the answers given by the board in one question each in zoology and chemistry were `incorrect'. “We have asked most of our students to challenge it,“ said Tiwari. Parents claim the board usually does not acknowledge these challenges. “They charge Rs 1,000 for challenging each question. But most times, they do not even acknowledge them,“ said Sudha Shenoy , a parent.
The board official said the challenges are reviewed by experts' committee and their decision is final. Students can challenge the questions till 6 pm on Friday . The Supreme Court has asked CBSE to announce NEET results by June 26.
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