Delhi High Court has ruled that those students who pass from recognized open schools can appear for NEET Examination and it takes heavily on Medical Council of India for not allowing these students to appear in NEET examination as MCI cannot differentiate between recognized open schools and schools running under different state and central Boards. Previously The health ministry has asked Medical Council of India (MCI) to reconsider its decision to bar students of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) from appearing for NEET this year. This has given a flicker of hope to thousands of medical aspirants, writing their Class XII through the NIOS board, who were to appear for NEET.
The ministry in its letter dated February 1 contended that CBSE had granted recognition to NIOS and considered it equivalent to other recognized boards. It also observed that excluding NIOS qualification…
