Tamil Nadu (Ariyalur district): A Dalit State Board student committed suicide who moved the Supreme Court against the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for medical admission.
The girl named Anitha hang herself to death at her residence in Ariyalur's Kuzhumur village. She did this when her family members were away. It is said that Anitha was depressed over not being able to get admission in a medical college.
Under the Tamil Nadu state board she had scored 1,176 marks out of 1,200 in the plus two exams. She got only 86 marks in the NEET examination for medicine.
Though she belonged from a poor family she moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on MBBS admissions based on NEET scores.
The court on August 22 ruled that medical college admissions in Tamil Nadu will be based on the national admission test merit list by September 4.
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