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NEET 2017: Woman says she was asked to remove innerwear before giving exam

Indo Asian News Service, Kannur | ByIndo Asian News Service
May 08, 2017 08:11 AM IST

Another candidate, who was wearing a pair of jeans, was asked to remove a pocket as well as metal buttons from her attire.

A female candidate who appeared for the NEET exam in Kannur on Sunday claimed she had to remove her innerwear before sitting for the entrance test. Other women candidates too faced a harrowing experience due to the strict dress code.

A female candidate claims she was asked to remove innerwear for the NEET exam.(PTI Photo)
A female candidate claims she was asked to remove innerwear for the NEET exam.(PTI Photo)

The candidate told media persons after attempting the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) -- conducted for admission to undergraduate medical courses in government and private medical colleges in the country -- that she was asked by the examination centre’s officials to remove her innerwear.

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“My daughter went inside the centre, only to return later and hand me her top innerwear,” her mother said.

Another candidate, who was wearing a pair of jeans, was asked to remove a pocket as well as metal buttons from her attire.

Her father told IANS: “She was wearing jeans. Since it had pockets and metal buttons, they needed to be removed. I went to a shop about three kilometre away from the exam centre and bought a new dress for her after getting the shop opened.”

Those living in the vicinity of the school where the NEET centre was set up came forward to help candidates by giving them suitable clothes to wear.

“I know of a Muslim family which gave six tops to candidates to wear. Even more shocking was the fact that authorities did not permit anyone to wear full-sleeved top. Those wearing such sleeves had to cut it to make it short-sleeved,” said another harried parent.

“The ordeal is over but it’s debatable how many female candidates would have been able to write the exam properly after they were subjected to so much humiliation. I will write to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to seek action against those responsible,” said state Mahila Congress president Bindhu Krishna.

The Centre Board of Secondary Education organised NEET 2017 on Sunday in as many as 104 cities across the country, for which more than 11 lakh aspirants had registered.

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