Strict checking gives jitters to aspirant with steel implant

KANPUR: Stringent rules set by CBSE almost led an aspirant in Bithoor to miss the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) – the gateway to admission in MBBS and BDS courses.

The aspirant, who had fractured his leg a few days back and had a steel implant, was initially not allowed to enter the examination centre at Guru Nanak Modern Public School on Sunday by the security personnel as he could not clear the metal detector security check, said a centre official without wanting to be named.

However, after a long discussion with the father and the examination centre in charge the boy was allowed to appear in the exam, he said.

The examination centre in-charge asked the father of the boy to submit a medical certificate at the centre before the examination was over failing which the answer book of his son would not be sent to the CBSE Board.

The harried father somehow managed to get the same timely and saved the day for his ward.

At Sir Padampat Singhania Education Centre aspirants were not allowed to wear full sleeves shirt. They were asked to cut the sleeves before entering the centre.

Besides, at all the 22 centres created across the city candidates were not allowed to carry cash with them. They were asked to deposit the cash with security guards at the centre and collect it after the examination.

In most cases candidates did not get full return of the deposited cash. In many cases candidates could not get their cash at all. This caused difficulties to the candidates who had come from neighbouring areas as they had no money to fetch a bus or train ticket for return journey, said a candidate who didn’t wanted to be named.

Meanwhile, candidates expressed happiness over chemistry paper as it was based on NCERT pattern but they faced difficulty in solving the physics question paper as it had more numerical-based questions.

Biology question paper was tough, said an aspirant Shreya.

THE CANDIDATE WHO HAD A FRACTURE COULD NOT CLEAR THE METAL DETECTOR SECURITY CHECK, SAID A CENTRE OFFICIAL WITHOUT WANTING TO BE NAMED