Tamil
Nadu
assembly
Vijay
gove me t
moves
esolutio
to
abolish
NEET
The
Tamil
Nadu
Legislative
Assembly
o
Tuesday
passed
a
esolutio
u gi g
the
U io
gove me t
to
sc ap
the
Natio al
Eligibility
cum
E t a ce
Test
(NEET),
with
the
DMK,
AIADMK,
Left
pa ties
a d
PMK
suppo ti g
the
move.
The
lo e
BJP
MLA
staged
a
walkout
du i g
the
p oceedi gs.Movi g
the
esolutio ,
health
mi iste
K
G
A u aj
said
NEET
was
agai st
social
justice,
equality
a d
the
ights
of
states.
He
said
the
exami atio
had
u de mi ed
medical
educatio
oppo tu ities
fo
stude ts
f om
u al
a d
socio-eco omically
disadva taged
backg ou ds.The
mi iste
said
NEET
had
led
to
the
p olife atio
of
coachi g
ce t es
a d
the
cha gi g
of
exo bita t
fees.
He
also
said
the
exami atio
had
shifted
stude ts’
focus
f om
the
school
cu iculum
to
coachi g.A u aj
said
a
si gle-day
NEET
exami atio
was
dete mi i g
stude ts’
access
to
highe
educatio
i stead
of
thei
12
yea s
of
school
educatio .
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co ve satio
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The
esolutio
also
cited
“pape
leaks,
loss
of
you g
lives,
fo feitu e
of
stude ts’
t ust”
as
co ce s
associated
with
NEET.Acco di g
to
the
esolutio ,
sc appi g
NEET
would
allow
medical
admissio s
to
be
made
o
the
basis
of
Class
12
ma ks.
Ea lie ,
the
Tamil
Nadu
gove me t
had
u ged
the
U io
gove me t
to
sc ap
NEET
a d
i t oduce
a
medical
admissio
system
based
o
Class
12
ma ks
i
the
state.Tamil
Nadu
fi a ce
mi iste
Ma ie
Wilso
eite ated
the
dema d
while
p ese ti g
the
state
Budget
fo
2026-27.The
state
gove me t
has
allocated
Rs
8,393
c o e
to
the
highe
educatio
secto
fo
2026-27.
