Mamata Banerjee reiterates her stand on NEET, JEE exams, urges PM to reconsider move

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has once again, reiterated her stand on t having physical exams for students amidst ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.

"In our last video conference with Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji, I had been vocal against UGC guidelines mandating completion of terminal examinations in Universities and Colleges by end of September 2020, which had a huge potential to put student lives at risk," West Bengal's Chief Minister tweeted on Monday.

Mamata Banerjee had also written to PM Modi seeking his intervention in matter of University exams. She has earlier asked PM to re-examine matter and restore earlier advisory of UGC.

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Appeals PM Modi to postpone exams

West Bengal government took a cue from UGC guidelines released on April 29 and issued an advisory to all state-run universities and cancelled terminal semester or year exams. UGC advisory stated that assessment would be done on basis of internal assessment and marks scored in previous semesters. It also stated about holding special exams after situation was under control, for students who wished to appear in a formal examination. CM has been a vocal critic of Centre's policy of having physical exams for students in pandemic.

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Apart from Miss Banerjee, political and social leaders across country, including BJP MP Subramanium Swamy has showed ir apprehensions against having physical exams in current scenario. Multiple students organizations have objected on same. hashtag SATYAGRAHagainstExamInCovid on Twitter was trending on 1, where many students appealed to government to pay heed to ir demands.

Mamata's letter to PM:

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