FORDA Expresses Concern Over Ineligibility of 8000 NEET MDS 2024 Candidates

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After a lack of action on behalf of the DCI regarding the postponement of NEET MDS 2024, students are petitioning the Health Ministry and FORDA to help over 8000 ineligible candidates by extending the eligibility and postponing the exam.

New Delhi: Amidst calls from students to postpone NEET MDS 2024, Dr. Aviral Mathur, President of FORDA, started a Twitter thread on March 03 to ask NEET MDS 2024 aspirants about their concerns regarding the upcoming exam. Stating that FORDA was getting pleas from many of the 8000 students regarded as ineligible, Dr Mathur took to Twitter to ask the students to state their cases.

Following replies by many of the affected students and their peers, Dr Mathur asked the students if extending the eligibility, with a delay in the NEET MDS 2024 counselling process, would help the affected students.

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In the same thread, he also lamented the mistakes made by the Dental Council of India (DCI) and reported that the student’s concerns were being taken to the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, by FORDA General Secretary Dr Sarvesh Pandey.

We’re getting multiple requests from #NEETMDS2024 students regarding ineligibility of 8000 students.

Dear students, please share the merits of your case with us and we’ll take it forward based on that. @FordaIndia @MoHFW_INDIA #NEETMDS2024CASE #RescheduleNEETMDS2024toJULY
— Aviral Mathur (@draviralmathur) March 3, 2024

Previously, the students appearing for NEET MDS 2024 had submitted a petition to the Supreme Court concerning the eligibility criteria for NEET MDS 2024. The Supreme Court launched a directive based on the petition on February 21, 2024. However, with only a fortnight left for the NEET MDS 2024 to begin, the Ministry’s slow pace in making decisions has led to mounting frustration amongst this year’s candidates.

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Students all over the Internet are requesting empathy, justice, and help for the thousands of students whose futures lie at stake. Stating reasons for mental peace and career progression, they have united to urge action out of the Health Ministry and demand fair, just, and swift action for the postponement of NEET MDS 2024 exams.

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