TN passes bill to opt out of medical entrance exam NEET

14 Sep 2021

Image depicting Tamil Nadu passes bill to opt out of medical entrance exam NEET

TN passes bill to opt out of medical entrance exam NEET

TN passes bill to opt out of medical entrance exam NEETWe have earlier read about students appearing for the medical entrance exam NEET.

On Monday, 13 September, Tamil Nadu's legislative assembly passed a new bill called the Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Medical Degree Courses Act 2021. This bill would stop admission to medical courses on basis of the NEET. Instead, students would get admission to undergraduate programmes in medicine on the basis of their Class 12 exam results.

The Tamil Nadu government says that it has passed this bill because NEET discriminates against students from poor backgrounds. These students cannot afford the coaching classes that are needed to pass the exam. Moreover, NEET is also a disadvantage to those studying under other education boards (not the Central Board of Secondary Education).
What happens next?
The bill will not affect admissions this year. Moreover, it cannot become a law until the President of India approves the bill. This is because it clashes with a central law.

The state’s previous government under the current opposition AIDMK party (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) had also passed a similar bill for NEET in 2017. However, the President did not approve the bill.

Except for the BJP, all parties are supporting the current bill.

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