NEET delay: Future of students hangs in balance
TNN | Updated: Aug 17, 2017, 11:47 PM IST
Chennai: Tamil Nadu is yet to the get the sanction for the ordinance exempting it from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), but the Supreme Court has already stayed counselling for MBBS/BDS admission until August 22. Now, the state will be left with less than 10 days to admit students to MBBS courses in 23 government-run colleges and 10 self-financing colleges before the August 31 deadline. It has another 10 days to complete the BDS admissions.
As a cascading effect, there will be a delay in admission for paramedical courses such as nursing, optometry and physiotherapy. At least two universities - Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University - have put their second round of counselling on hold to avoid seats being left vacant. The Anna University, which has wrapped up counselling, has said vacated seats will not be filled. Arts and sciences colleges too will not be able to admit students after August 18.
"Whichever way you look at it, the government has made students a victim," said Saravanan M, parent of an aspiring medical student, whose daughter took a year's break after passing her boards. While his daughter will be affected if TN manages to exempt itself from NEET, another group of state board students say a year's break may soon become a norm if NEET stays on. "For at least three years from now, all medical aspirants will take a break after completing school to study for NEET. Even if the education department changes the syllabus, it will take time for students and teachers to adapt to the new syllabus and method of learning. This will lead to tutorials becoming more important," said Prem Kumar, a Class XII state board passout.
Parents are also worried they may not have adequate time to make arrangements for paying fees, particularly if they are left with a seat under management quota in self-financing colleges or in deemed universities. "We can make arrangements if we know the chances. One of the problems for most parents is that they don't know where their children stand on the rank list. Neither the CBSE, which conducted the examination, nor the state's directorate of medical education has published rank lists," said a parent M Senthil Mohan.
Health minister C Vijaya Baskar is meeting senior politicians and officials campaigning for the ordinance. On Thursday, he met vice-president Venkaiah Naidu. "Through the ordinance we are now seeking exemption only for one year and that too only for government colleges. Rural students will be most affected if NEET is implemented," said health minister C Vijaya Baskar.
If NEET scores are taken as criteria for admissions, more than 42% of the seats will go to students from CBSE and other boards, officials from the directorate of medical education said. This would mean that less than 5% of state board students who cleared the test will be able to get into one of the 23 government medical colleges. "The state proposed reserving 85% government seats for the 23 government colleges, but it was struck down. We are now working on other options as suggested by the Supreme Court," said a senior official.
Chennai: Tamil Nadu is yet to the get the sanction for the ordinance exempting it from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), but the Supreme Court has already stayed counselling for MBBS/BDS admission until August 22. Now, the state will be left with less than 10 days to admit students to MBBS courses in 23 government-run colleges and 10 self-financing colleges before the August 31 deadline. It has another 10 days to complete the BDS admissions.
As a cascading effect, there will be a delay in admission for paramedical courses such as nursing, optometry and physiotherapy. At least two universities - Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University - have put their second round of counselling on hold to avoid seats being left vacant. The Anna University, which has wrapped up counselling, has said vacated seats will not be filled. Arts and sciences colleges too will not be able to admit students after August 18.
"Whichever way you look at it, the government has made students a victim," said Saravanan M, parent of an aspiring medical student, whose daughter took a year's break after passing her boards. While his daughter will be affected if TN manages to exempt itself from NEET, another group of state board students say a year's break may soon become a norm if NEET stays on. "For at least three years from now, all medical aspirants will take a break after completing school to study for NEET. Even if the education department changes the syllabus, it will take time for students and teachers to adapt to the new syllabus and method of learning. This will lead to tutorials becoming more important," said Prem Kumar, a Class XII state board passout.
Parents are also worried they may not have adequate time to make arrangements for paying fees, particularly if they are left with a seat under management quota in self-financing colleges or in deemed universities. "We can make arrangements if we know the chances. One of the problems for most parents is that they don't know where their children stand on the rank list. Neither the CBSE, which conducted the examination, nor the state's directorate of medical education has published rank lists," said a parent M Senthil Mohan.
Health minister C Vijaya Baskar is meeting senior politicians and officials campaigning for the ordinance. On Thursday, he met vice-president Venkaiah Naidu. "Through the ordinance we are now seeking exemption only for one year and that too only for government colleges. Rural students will be most affected if NEET is implemented," said health minister C Vijaya Baskar.
If NEET scores are taken as criteria for admissions, more than 42% of the seats will go to students from CBSE and other boards, officials from the directorate of medical education said. This would mean that less than 5% of state board students who cleared the test will be able to get into one of the 23 government medical colleges. "The state proposed reserving 85% government seats for the 23 government colleges, but it was struck down. We are now working on other options as suggested by the Supreme Court," said a senior official.
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