While activists and professors are disappointed with the verdict, students are considering taking a drop year as the current scores against inflated ranks won't guarantee an admission in their desired colleges
NEET aspirants had been fighting for a verdict in their favour and demanding a ReNEET from the Supreme Court. Image: Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
Dr Vivek Pandey, an RTI activist, NEET and MBBS expert, had been fighting relentlessly for his students for over 70 days, against the irregularities observed in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024.
On July 23, when the Supreme Court finally delivered a verdict against ReNEET, he said, “This day will be marked as a black day for medical aspirants. 2024 NEET will always remind us how the system failed and corruption won. There is no hope for justice.”
For him and his students, the verdict may have put an end to the confusion on whether there will be a re-examination, but it has left them with more questions than before—whether to go or skip counselling, prepare for NEET 2025, or leave NEET completely?