Govt. to be ready with two medical merit lists
One based on NEET and the other, Class 12 marks; quick rollout after final decision
The
Directorate of Medical Education is considering preparing two merit
lists — one based on National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and
the other following the usual procedure of allotting seats based on
aggregate marks in class 12.
The proposal follows prolonged litigation regarding the admission process and the State government’s effort to get Presidential assent for its Bills to exempt the State from NEET.
Officials said the medical education department was in the process of preparing a merit list based on NEET following the earlier court order. Since the government was positive that it would get exemption from NEET, the officials have begun preparing a new list based on class 12 marks. “Time is short and parents and students are anxious. We must be prepared if the court asks us to release the list, so we did not want to leave anything to chance,” said an official.
End in sight
This year, more number of students from other States have applied. “We have applicants who have nativity certificate from the State but have studied elsewhere. These students are from the CBSE stream or from other boards. We have received over 4,000 applications from students from other boards,” said G. Selvarajan, secretary of the selection committee.
As many as 27,481 candidates under the State Board stream have applied for medicine. On whether the department would be able to start counselling immediately, he said, “It would take a few days as we would have to send messages to all the students. We should be able to complete the entire process in just four days,” he added.
Meanwhile, a team of health department officials including the health minister C. Vijaya Baskar and health secretary J. Radhakrishnan are expected to return to New Delhi on Thursday for further discussions. The State government is hopeful that a solution to the crisis, one that the State would like, involving putting NEET on the back burner this year, will be forthcoming on Thursday.
The team had discussions with the Attorney General on the various possibilities on Wednesday. Officials however are unwilling to say much about the outcome of the discussion.
The proposal follows prolonged litigation regarding the admission process and the State government’s effort to get Presidential assent for its Bills to exempt the State from NEET.
Officials said the medical education department was in the process of preparing a merit list based on NEET following the earlier court order. Since the government was positive that it would get exemption from NEET, the officials have begun preparing a new list based on class 12 marks. “Time is short and parents and students are anxious. We must be prepared if the court asks us to release the list, so we did not want to leave anything to chance,” said an official.
End in sight
This year, more number of students from other States have applied. “We have applicants who have nativity certificate from the State but have studied elsewhere. These students are from the CBSE stream or from other boards. We have received over 4,000 applications from students from other boards,” said G. Selvarajan, secretary of the selection committee.
As many as 27,481 candidates under the State Board stream have applied for medicine. On whether the department would be able to start counselling immediately, he said, “It would take a few days as we would have to send messages to all the students. We should be able to complete the entire process in just four days,” he added.
Meanwhile, a team of health department officials including the health minister C. Vijaya Baskar and health secretary J. Radhakrishnan are expected to return to New Delhi on Thursday for further discussions. The State government is hopeful that a solution to the crisis, one that the State would like, involving putting NEET on the back burner this year, will be forthcoming on Thursday.
The team had discussions with the Attorney General on the various possibilities on Wednesday. Officials however are unwilling to say much about the outcome of the discussion.
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