Doctors moves SC, seeks postponement of AIAPGET 2021 exams amid Covid-19 pandemic – education

A plea has been filed within the Supreme Court docket by a number of docs looking for postponement of the All India AYUSH Put up Graduate Entrance Take a look at (AIAPGET)-2021, scheduled on August 29, amid the spike in quantity of COVID-19 circumstances within the nation.

The petition has been filed by 17 Ayurvedic and Homeopathic docs holding {qualifications} of Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medication and Surgical procedure (BAMS) and Bachelor of Homeopathic Medication and Surgical procedure (BHMS) respectively.

The petitioners, who’ve mentioned that they’re working as “frontline docs/corona warriors” in numerous hospitals throughout the nation, have sought quashing of August 11 discover issued by Nationwide Testing Company (NTA) for conducting the AIAPGET- 2021 on August 29.

“In the event that they (petitioners) would go away to the place of their examination centre after which quarantined for 14-days as per the native guidelines, then there shall be grave shortage of the respective docs at their COVID-19 posting hospitals, resulting from which the COVID-19 sufferers will undergo irreparable accidents,” mentioned the plea, filed by means of advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava.

The plea additional mentioned that the August 11 discover is “violative of unlock-three pointers” issued by the Ministry of House Affairs, which has categorically directed that colleges, faculties, instructional and training establishments will stay closed until August 31.

“The COVID-19 disaster is worsening in India by every passing day and the quantity of day by day added COVID-19 tally is rising alarmingly,” the plea mentioned, alleging that the NTA is “adamant” to conduct AIAPGET-2021 on August 29 which “exhibits its detached and insensitive method” in the direction of these aspirants.

Referring to the rise in quantity of coronavirus circumstances, the plea mentioned that authorities ought to conduct the examination after normalcy is restored within the nation. It has additionally sought a route to the authorities to at the very least give one-month advance discover to the AIAPGET-2021 aspirants earlier than conducting the take a look at.

The plea alleged that beforehand, the NTA had postponed the AIAPGET-2021 because of the spurt in COVID-19 circumstances.

It claimed that final time when NTA had postponed this take a look at on July 15, there have been about 9.36 lakh coronavirus circumstances within the nation. “Nonetheless, in the present day, when the COVID-19 circumstances have elevated manifold, have crossed the determine of 25 lakh circumstances in India and the scenario has worsened in a crucial method, the choice of the Respondents to conduct AIAPGET-2021 on August 29, 2021, is completely arbitrary and violative of the appropriate to life of the petitioners and different equally located aspirants, as enshrined inside Article 21 of Structure of India,” it mentioned.

The plea alleged that authorities have “missed” that many states have refused to permit conducting of any skilled or non-skilled exams at this stage and it’s prone to trigger unimaginable harassment to the aspirants.

It claimed that authorities have ignored the plight of aspirants belonging to Bihar, Assam and different flood affected states the place conducting on-line or offline examinations isn’t attainable at this stage.