When news broke that a 17-year-old girl was forced to take off her bra to take an entrance exam, the country’s exam system raised many viral questions. Questions were also raised about the environment that students are provided with just hours before the exam and what they have to go through at the exam centers just before taking the national level exam for which they have prepared. suffered for many years. Concerns arise from everywhere, political, non-political. politics and every normal man questioned why a young girl had to go through all this. Not only that, two medical students who took their exams at Washim’s Matoshree Shantabai Gote College have alleged that they were asked to remove their burqas and headscarves before entering the exam centre. National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is held on July 17, Sunday. It is the country’s only medical entrance exam for admission to undergraduate medical courses. Thousands of medical aspirants have worked hard and put together efforts to appear in this exam. The exam, conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), witnessed the participation of over 10 lakh students. Passing grade 12 is the minimum requirement to take this exam. Just like every other medical candidate, this 17-year-old girl from Kerala’s Kollam also went to the exam center without knowing that a few hours later she would have to go through the worst psychological trauma of her life. From there it may be difficult for her to recover. A day after NEET, the girl’s father told the media that his daughter was forced to take off her bra at the exam center and had to sit for more than three hours without wearing a bra.
The girl’s father stated in the complaint that the reason was because the bra’s metal hook beeped during the security check.
For NEET, NTA requires students to follow strict dress codes, including regulations on sleeves, color of the dress and even the type of dress. “Is the future important or wearing a bra?” The 17-year-old girl who clearly did not want to take off her bra at the test site was asked whether she considered her future or wearing underwear as important. Her father’s complaint mentioned accusing the security staff of this insensitive statement. “90% of female students had to remove their bras” In the complaint, the female student’s father mentioned that more than 90% female students, most probably those wearing bras with metal hooks, were asked to remove them. take off their bra. Metal hooks fasten women’s bras or inner bodices. Because of the durability, ease of use, and requirement of metal hooks inside clothing, they are mostly used in all types of affordable bras. “She has not yet recovered from this traumatic experience” This was her first time NEET exam and she still hasn’t recovered from this traumatic experience. “The father told a TV channel that his daughter dressed according to the dress code mentioned in the NEET bulletin and said nothing about underwear,” news agency PTI reported. He also told the media that his daughter, who is appearing for her first NEET exam, is yet to recover from the traumatic experience of having to sit for the exam for over three hours without wearing a bra. came to light, concerns and protests grew and demands were made to take necessary action against those involved. Kerala Chief Minister R Bindu has written to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan seeking action in this case. “The shame and shock of this unexpected turn of events affected the morale and composure of the students whose exam results were affected,” Ms. Bindu wrote. inhumane behavior from an agency that is only tasked with conducting checks in a fair manner.” According to the latest update, a case has been filed against those involved in security checks and search under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 354 [Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty] and 509 [Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman] based on the complaint. NTA has set up a fact-finding committee to look into the matter. Meanwhile, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has set up a fact-finding committee to verify the claims. The Ministry of Education has asked the NTA to verify all the facts about the incident from the Center. Five women have been arrested in connection with the incident.
