Jee Main and Neet 2020: Students cite mental pressure; No response from HRD Ministry

Earlier today we have shared how students have filed a petition against the JEE Mains and NEET exams. Parents have also written a letter to the HRD Ministry stating that they want exams to get postponed. The students have taken the twitter on a storm of hashtags including Postpone JEE Main and Neet, Health Over Exams, Mental Health Matters, Students Lives Matter.

The new trend that has begun is WakeUpHRDMinistryPostponeNeetJEE. This is understandable because no one has yet spoken about these exams and the cases are rising every day. Students are feeling mentally harassed and are calling out the double standards of the HRD Ministry as they set to talk about mental health on July 3.

Some tweets, that students are tweeting to Mr Pokhriyal:

1. Calling out his double standards, this student said:

@DrRPNishank sir you talk a lot about mental health but the irony is you and your ministry inefficiency has became the cause of mental trauma and anxiety for lakhs of student across the Nation.

Plz take a call on Neet and Jee. #HealthOverExams #PostponeNEETandJEE

— Ashutosh Parida (@Ashutos68441434) July 1, 2020

2. After the HRD Minister said that he will talk on FIT India, the voices have amplified.

#FitIndiaTalks Sir @PMOIndia @DG_NTA @DrRPNishank we, students are under immense mental stress plz clarify students either you are going to postpone neet-jee exams or just issue a public notice stating that neet and jee are to be held on their respective dates. @DrAnandMani2

— Sumit Gandhare (@gandhare_sumit) July 1, 2020

3. People have even resorted to memes.

Shame on you @DrRPNishank Kabhi mental health pe lecture dete ho kabhi physical health pe aur neet and jee aspirants ki dono health ke saad khilwaad kar rahe ho sir pic.twitter.com/ozzjAEyzc0

— Anaya (@Anaya86271898) July 1, 2020

4. Blunt accusations follow:

I admired the @narendramodi. But I didn't expected such a mental harrasment of students from modi gvt. Please give clarity on jee mains and neet. @DrRPNishank @HRDMinistry @AmitShah @ArvindKejriwal @msisodia https://t.co/KV9CIetX8f

— Yash Mittal (@YashMit46834062) June 29, 2020

5. NSUI also demand that the HRD Ministry should postpone exams.

NSUI demands that the JEE and NEET exams be postponed till adequate planning is done & students are able to write the exams without any mental stress or risk to their health.#PostponeNEETandJEE

— NSUI (@nsui) June 27, 2020

Till now, there has been no intimation from the HRD Ministry. Students are in stress as there are less than 25 days left for the exams.