New Delhi: Some Muslim girls in Maharashtra claimed that they were asked to remove their burqa and hijab at the examination centre for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) while girl students in Kerala also claimed that they were asked to remove their innerwear before appearing for the test.
The NEET UG Exam 2022 was conducted on Sunday across various centres in the country. A record 18,72,329 students registered themselves for the NEET UG Exam 2022 held by the National Testing Agency for admission to medical courses. 95 percent of the registered students appeared for the examination in 3,570 centres in 497 cities across the country on Sunday, the officials said, quoted by news agency PTI.
Muslim Girls Asked To Remove Hijab In Washim
Some girls students appearing for the NEET UG exam belonging from Muslim community were asked to take off their burkha and hijab before taking the test in Maharashtra’s Washim district, said the police, reported news agency PTI. Following the incident approached the cops who said that a probe was underway adding that at least two Muslim girls approached the police.
"The NEET (Undergraduate) exam was held at six centres in Washim on Sunday. This incident of two girls being asked to remove their burqa and hijab (face veil) allegedly happened in Matoshree Shantabai Gote College. Their application to the police claims that the staff involved in checking students made objectionable remarks like threatening to cut the burqa-hijab if they didn't remove it voluntarily," a police official said citing the complaints.
The report further quoted one of the aggrieved students as saying that they were earlier allowed on the premises for the exam but were later told to remove their hijab and burqa outside, adding that staff also entered into arguments with them.
Girl Students Asked To Remove Innerwear In Kerala
Young women and girl students in Kerala’s Kollam district who came to appear for NEET UG exam had to suffer humiliation after they were asked to remove part of their undergarments to be allowed to write the exam.
According to the father of one such 17-year old girl, who was sitting for her first ever NEET exam, his daughter is yet to come out of the traumatic experience wherein she had to sit for the over 3-hour long exam without a brassiere.
As per PTI report the father has lodged a police complaint and intends to move the Human Rights Commission also.
Reacting to the incident, Kerala Higher Education Minister R Bindu on Monday said the test was not organised by a state-run agency and what happened indicated a grave lapse on the part of the organisers.
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