Shillong (Meghalaya), June 20: A day before the NEET re-exam, the Meghalaya Pradesh Youth Congress sounded the alarm Friday, saying thousands of students are still struggling to arrange travel, lodging, and funds to reach their test centres.
About 3,200 students from Meghalaya will sit for the June 21 re-exam. Nearly 700 to 750 are from Garo Hills, while 2,450 to 2,500 are from Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills. With Shillong and Tura as the only centres, many face overnight journeys at short notice.
MPYC President Timjim Momin said rural families have been hit hardest. Students are unsure how they will get there or where they will stay, adding stress right before a career-defining test.
The youth wing accused the MDA Government of looking away while talking up youth empowerment and new medical colleges in Tura and Shillong. NEET is the only route into those colleges, yet aspirants have been left to manage on their own, Momin said.
He called the gap troubling. The state is building medical infrastructure but offering little help to the very students who would train as doctors there. If Meghalaya wants more doctors, it must support candidates at the exam stage.
MPYC said the issue is about opportunity, not politics. Education drives social change, and leaving future doctors to battle logistics and costs raises questions about the government’s real commitment to youth.
The group expressed solidarity with NEET aspirants and their families, saying student concerns need action, not silence.
