SC refuses to hear matter filed by students over exclusion of Urdu in NEET

The Supreme Court refused to hear the matter filed by Students Islamic Organisation of India to add Urdu as a language to NEET examination.

New Delhi, Feb 23: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear the matter filed by Students Islamic Oraganisation of India to add Urdu as a language to National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for the academic year 2017-18.

On Friday, the SIO filed a petition in Supreme Court against the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's decision to not conduct NEET in Urdu.

The organisation has claimed that leaving Urdu as a medium not only deprives a large number of students studying science in Urdu medium of equal opportunity, but is also a violation of right to life.

Earlier, the Union health ministry had announced that the NEET exam will be conducted in eight languages from the academic year 2017-18 academic. The languages include Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Telugu and Tamil.

The NEET 2017 is an entrance exam conducted for candidates who desire to study any graduate medical course (MBBS), dental courses (BDS) or postgraduate course (MD/MS) in private or government medical colleges in India.

OneIndia News (with inputs from agencies)