: Tamil Nadu Assembly once again adopts Bill to exempt students from appearing for NEET #IndiaNEWS The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday once again adopted a Bill to exempt students from taking the National

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Tamil Nadu Assembly once again adopts Bill to exempt students from appearing for NEET #IndiaNEWS
The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday once again adopted a Bill to exempt students from taking the National Entrance cum Eligibility Test, or NEET, for admission to undergraduate medical courses in the state, reported PTI. The Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Medical Degree Courses Bill, which was passed in September, sought to exempt students from appearing for NEET. It had proposed that admission of students to medical courses be carried out based on Class 12 examination results.However, Governor RN Ravi had returned the Bill to the Assembly for reconsideration on February 1. Ravi had said that the Bill was against the interest of students from rural areas and who are economically weaker. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led government then convened a special Assembly session to adopt the Bill again. On Tuesday, Speaker M Appavu announced that the resolution had been adopted unanimously. Before the voting, Bharatiya Janata Party members staged a walkout without raising any objections.During the proceedings of the House, Chief Minister MK Stalin said that the reasons cited by the governor to reject the Bill were not correct.“NEET is not an education system but only a system to coach medical aspirants,� Stalin added.The question paper of NEET is prepared by the Central Board of Secondary Education and is based...Read more

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