Odisha Govt urges NTA to condcut NEET-UG 2021 in all 30 districts instead selected seven

The Odisha government has requested from the National Testing Agency, NTA, to conduct the NEET-UG 2021 examination in all the thirty districts and not in the selected seven districts. The request is made by the Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, PK Mohapatra in the view of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic.

In a letter to NTA’s Director-General, Vineer Joshi, the Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, PK Mohapatra has stated that the state's plea should be taken into consideration and the NEET UG examination be conducted in all the 30



districts.

Amid Covid-19, it will be highly unsafe for students to visit only seven examination centers. Further, due to frequent lockdown and shutdown imposed by different district administrations the transportation system is very often disrupted moving students further worse, Mohapatra mentioned in the letter.

"Odisha has got vast tribal pockets having geographically inaccessible areas and far away from the urban centres of the state for which the students of this state may be deprived of appearing the NEET UG as they will have to move long distance for appearing the test," the letter said.