Chennai: The concerns raised by Tamil Nadu over the mandatory National-Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical courses, have escalated this year, with several parties planning protests across the state. States like Tamil Nadu that have been opposing NEET have claimed that the students from the CBSE board will have an advantage over students from state boards. Stalin attacks Centre, Tamil Nadu govt over introduction of NEETTwo bills passed in the state assembly by the Edappadi K. Palaniswami government for providing exemption from NEET for admission to medical courses are awaiting presidential assent. He added that half of the questions in the NEET examination were not part of the syllabus taught to students in Tamil Nadu. However, last year, following requests from states like Tamil Nadu, a law was made granting an exemption from NEET, only for government colleges, for one year.

Source: Mint July 25, 2017 07:18 UTC