SRINAGAR: Doctors in Kashmir have expressed their disappointment over the National Board of Examinations (NBE) once again failing to allot a National Eligibility Entrance Test for Super Speciality Courses (NEET-SS) centre in Srinagar this year. As a result, over a thousand doctors aspiring to pursue super-speciality courses will have to travel to Jammu next month to sit for the examination.
According to the doctors, this is not the first time Kashmir has been denied a NEET-SS centre. They claim this situation has persisted since 2022, forcing candidates to travel to Jammu or other cities to take the exam. The Jammu and Kashmir chapter of the United Doctors’ Front (UDF) has been raising the issue for a long time. The association has already written to the Health Secretary and is awaiting a response. If no positive action is taken, UDF plans to escalate the matter to Union Health Minister J P Nadda and the NBE.
Aspirants said they have to travel to Jammu or other cities, which not only causes inconvenience but also affects postgraduate doctors who need to apply for leaves, impacting patient care. This year, more than a thousand candidates from Kashmir have applied for NEET-SS.
Aspirants have taken to social media to voice their frustration. One doctor wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “The NEET-SS information bulletin is out, and yet again, Kashmir has been denied an exam centre. Aspirants now face the burden of travelling far, that too on the sacred day of Eid—when families come together, but we will be away, chasing our dreams.”
