CM announces high-level panel to study impact of NEET

CM announces high-level panel to study impact of NEET

It will suggest corrective measures if exam has caused harm

06/06/2021

Assessing the situation: The panel will look at whether NEET has affected students on the fringes of society. File photo VEDHAN M

Special Correspondent CHENNAI

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday announced the constitution of a high-level committee, headed by former judge of the Madras High Court Justice A.K. Rajan, to study the impact of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on medical college admissions in Tamil Nadu.

“The committee will study whether NEET has affected students on the fringes of society, suggest corrective measures if NEET has caused any harm and alternative ways and legal means for medical college admissions for all, and its possible implementation,” the Chief Minister said in a statement.

Noted educationists and officials will be members of the high-level committee. “Tamil Nadu has a historical duty to uphold social justice, and the State government is committed to taking measures to remove the effects of NEET,” Mr. Stalin said.

Affecting some students

He said educationists were of the opinion that NEET had severely affected students of rural areas, those from poor families in urban areas, government schoolchildren and those who had studied in Tamil-medium schools.

“The [erstwhile] DMK government led by Kalaignar [M. Karunanidhi] enacted a law for admission to medical colleges based on the marks scored in the Class 12 examinations, and the State government has launched many legal battles [on this front],” he recalled.