NEET SS 2021 Exam Pattern: SC says medical education has become a business

The top court was hearing petitions of 41 postgraduate doctors and others who have challenged the last-minute changes made to the syllabus after the notification for November examination was issued on July 23.  

Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the Centre, said the court should not get the impression that the last minute change in syllabus was done to fill vacant seats in private colleges and they will try to persuade the court to dispel this notion. 

The authorities should show some concern for the students, as these are the students who do not start preparation for these course two or three months in advance but right from the time they join a postgraduate course, they aspire for a super speciality, which requires years of commitment, it said. 

The government must balance out the investment made by the private sector in these medical colleges, but it should equally think in the interest of the medical profession and the interest of students, the top court said. 

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