NEET 2017 Results Unlikely Before June 20 

With the ongoing controversy over CBSE NEET 2017 exam, the first ever national level common entrance for MBBS and BDS courses is going to give students more sleepless nights. Students expecting NEET results on 8 June as per the original schedule, shall have to go through the same ordeal as the CBSE 10th, 12th result expectants.

The CBSE has said that there is no chance of the NEET 2017 results being declared on June 8. It would need at least 15 days' time after the court gives a clearance. With so far the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court not deciding on the matter, the results are likely to be announced only around June 20.

The submission was made by the board during a hearing at the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court which had stayed the declaration of the results after a petition challenged the different sets of question papers set for English medium and regional languages.

The CBSE told the court that it had set two question papers across the country for the NEET 2017 exam. Further it has also said that question papers in eight vernacular languages had been set up for the entrance exam. The submission was made before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court which had stayed the announcement of the results.

The Tamil Nadu government on the other hand told the court that it always stood against NEET.

The CBSE submitted that it would need 15 days time to declare the NEET 2017 results once it is permitted to do so. Thus the delay due to the order of the court is already beyond the permissible limit, the CBSE also stated. The CBSE said that if the stay is not vacated the same would jeorpardise the future of lakhs of students. We need to complete the process and declare the results, it said.

The court directed the CBSE not to declare the results of National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) for MBBS and BDS courses till June 7. The CBSE sought to vacate the stay and allow them to announce the results. The CBSE further submitted that the question papers were set differently to prevent it from leaking. The HC was moved challenging the conduct of NEET exam on May 7. The court had restrained the CBSE from announcing the results till final orders were passed on the petition challenging the entrance examination.

Justice N. Seshasayee had last week sought the replies of the CBSE and the Union Health Secretary on the petition alleging that the test was not conducted in a uniform manner across the country. Different sets of question papers in English and Tamil were used for the examination and the degree of difficulty in both varied, putting many candidates at a disadvantage, the petitioner alleged.

The CBSE on June 6 denied in the Madras High Court that vernacular question papers for NEET 2017 for admission to MBBS and BDS courses were easier than the papers in English. In its counter affidavit to petitions seeking cancellation of the National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test held recently citing alleged non-uniformity in the exam, the CBSE rejected the contention that question papers in vernacular languages such as Gujarati were easier compared to English.

In an interim order on the petitions, Justice MV Muralidharan had on May 24 stayed the publication of the NEET results and directed officials of the Medical Council of India, the CBSE director and the Union health ministry to file their counter affidavits.

The petitioners have alleged that uniform question papers were not given. In Tamil Nadu, a different set of questions was given to those who opted for English and Tamil, they said claiming that the one in Tamil was easier.

Seeking vacation of the stay, the CBSE counter said the question papers had been set — at easy average and tough levels — and they had been moderated by the experts and the issue of one question being tougher than the other did not arise.