MK Stalin as soon as once more urged the Centre to exempt Tamil Nadu from medical entrance examination NEET
Chennai:
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin as soon as once more urged the Centre to exempt the state from the Nationwide Eligibility-cum-Entrance Take a look at for admissions to medical schools and likewise to get rid of the system on the nationwide stage.
In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi concerning exemption of NEET for the state, the chief minister stated that the choice course of for skilled programs ought to solely be by way of the twelfth commonplace marks somewhat than by way of a separate entrance examination, which is an undesirable further stress on college students.
“On this regard, we had handed a Invoice unanimously in our Legislative Meeting to exempt Tamil Nadu from NEET and to offer medical admissions primarily based on twelfth commonplace marks. This has been despatched for Presidential assent however the assent continues to be pending,” Mr Stalin stated within the letter.
He additionally wrote to Chief of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, searching for his assist to Tamil Nadu’s demand for NEET exemption.
The irregularities through the latest NEET examination validated the state’s opposition to it, he stated. “Many different states have additionally began voicing their views on the necessity to get rid of this choice course of,” the chief minister advised the PM.
Contemplating the above, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Meeting handed an unanimous decision on Friday urging the Union Authorities to offer its assent to the Invoice for exempting Tamil Nadu from NEET and likewise to amend the Nationwide Medical Fee Act to surrender this choice course of on the nationwide stage, he stated.
In the meantime, in separate letters addressed to his counterparts in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Telangana and West Bengal, Mr Stalin requested them to contemplate passing the same decision of their respective assemblies to abolish the NEET.
“Contemplating the significance and seriousness of the difficulty, I request you to contemplate passing the same decision in your state Legislative Meeting additionally to induce the Union Authorities to abolish the NEET exams within the curiosity of the scholars of our states,” Stalin stated within the letter.
Additional, he additionally wrote to Rahul Gandhi and talked about concerning the decision handed within the state Meeting.
“The latest studies of irregularities within the examination performed by the NTA has shattered the desires of many hard-working aspirants of medical programs within the nation. This technique can be depriving the agricultural poor youth to fulfil the desires of changing into a medical graduate,” Mr Stalin stated in his letter to Mr Gandhi.
He identified that the Tamil Nadu legislative meeting handed a decision urging the Centre to exempt it from the NEET examination and enclosed a duplicate of the identical.
“I request you to voice this concern and the demand of Tamil Nadu within the Parliament and likewise recommend to the states which might be within the INDIA alliance to move related resolutions within the respective assemblies within the curiosity of the youth of the nation,” Mr Stalin advised Mr Gandhi.
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