Health and Family Welfare Minister Arunraj today moved in the Assembly a resolution to cancel the NEET examination.
This resolution was brought forward urging the Central government to withdraw NEET and conduct medical admissions based on the marks obtained in the state public examination.
Speaking, Minister Arunraj said, "Medical education should be for everyone with talent; it should not be something only the affluent can access. Before the NEET exam, medical student admissions were conducted solely on the basis of Plus Two exam marks. When admissions were based on Plus Two marks, students from rural areas studied medicine. I too am someone who studied medicine based on marks.
The NEET exam benefited only private coaching centers. NEET paved the way for the proliferation of coaching centers that charge high fees.
The NEET exam has disrupted the social balance structure. A one-day exam determines students’ future. Therefore, the NEET exam should be canceled and the state government should be allowed to conduct medical student admissions,” he said.
Following this, MLAs including DMK MLA Muthuraja and AIADMK MLA O.S. Manian spoke on this resolution.
Only BJP MLA Bojarajan opposed it and staged a walkout from the House.
With the support of other parties, the resolution against the NEET exam was unanimously passed.
