SPCSS-TN urges President of India to give assent to NEET Bill
The Hindu
SPCSS-TN adopts resolutions on NEET Exemption Bill, urging President's assent and debate in Tamil Nadu Assembly.
The State Platform for Common School System (SPCSS-TN) on Tuesday adopted a resolution in Coimbatore, calling upon the President of India to accord assent to the NEET (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test) Exemption Bill passed by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 2021.
By its second resolution, the SPCSS-TN urged the Tamil Nadu Government to go in for a Special Calling Attention Motion for holding a debate and discussion on the status of the Bill.
The resolutions were adopted at a seminar on ‘NEET 2024 Question Paper: A Challenge to Education’ hosted by the Thavathiru Santhalinga Adigalar (TSA) Arts, Science and Tamil College.
Refusal of the Union Government to act on Tamil Nadu’s NEET Exemption Bill reflects an affront to federalism. The discussion has to cover the clarifications sought by the Union Government, the replies furnished by the State, and the way forward for the 2025-26 medical admissions, General Secretary of SPCSS-TN P.B. Prince Gajendra Babu emphasised.
Asserting that NEET has not helped in betterment of medical education or MBBS entrants for the last eight years, Mr. Prince Gajendra Babu said it has only helped commercialisation of NEET coaching. By setting “ambiguous” questions in the NEET 2024 screening test way above the comprehension ability of the candidates, the National Testing Agency caused panic among students and created the situation for NEET coaching centres to flourish, he said.
Awarding of “grace” marks for “ambiguous” questions for 1,563 candidates in NEET 2024 amounted to “admission of mistake” by the National Testing Agency (NTA). There was no discussion on denial of opportunity to obtain grace marks for other affected candidates. The answer given to the ambiguous question by IIT - Delhi came in as a shock to Physics teachers, Mr. Gajendra Babu claimed, seeking to assert that NEET “is a flaw in our education system”.
Thavathiru Perur Adheenam Santhalinga Maruthachala Adigalar spoke. Former Vice-Chancellor of Tamil University and Secretary of TSA College of Arts, Science and Tamil C. Subramaniam presided over.
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