Tamil Nadu NEET exemption: Governor Returns NEET Exemption Bill To State Assembly; as it is against Rural Students’ Interests
The Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has returned the DMK government’s bill seeking an exemption for the state from the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET).
“The bill is against the interests of the students, especially the rural and economically poor students of the state,” said Ravi.
This development comes days after the MK Stalin-led government approached the Governor to approve the NEET exemption bill for presidential assent.
The Governor cited the Supreme Court decision in Christian Medical College v. Union of India in which it was held that NEET is in the interest of social justice and prevents economic exploitation of the poor. The top court had also observed that NEET checks “several maladies which crept into medical education, to prevent capitation fee by admitting students which are lower in merit and to prevent exploitation, profiteering, and commercialisation of education.”
“The governor, after a detailed study of the L.A.Bill No.43 of 2021 for admission to undergraduate medical courses seeking exemption from NEET and the Report of the High-Level Committee constituted by the State Government in this regard, is of the opinion that the Bill is against the interests of the students, especially the rural and economically poor students of the State,” read the press release from the governor’s office.
