NE NEWS SERVICE
MUMBAI, SEP 23
After the Tamil Nadu government has released a report highlighting social and economic impacts of implementing the centralised medical entrance exam – NEET- other states, including Maharashtra, have also raised voices to scrap NEET.
President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee Nana Patole has written a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray asking him to scrap NEET for the state-based students as well.
Tamil Nadu has recently passed a bill in the Assembly seeking exemption of state-based students from the centralised exam. The preamble of the Bill to scrape NEET, which was passed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly pointed out the NEET favoured the rich and the elite sections of the society and not the weaker sections.
The state also released a report which highlights that the healthcare infrastructure is being adversely impacted due to NEET. It also showcased that those who take coaching and students from wealthy families are the ones who tend to clear the entrance exam while those from rural and urban poor families are at disadvantage.
MPCC President Nana Patole in his letter said that like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra too should consider offering admissions to medical colleges based on class 12 scores. He highlighted lapses in the recently conducted NEET and said that it would be ‘injustice’ for students to consider their NEET score as the medical entrance is skewed towards those from central bards like CBSE, CISCE.
