Wednesday, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that the NEET was not thrust on Tamil Nadu in the future.
The letter’s copy have been released in which Ms. Jayalalithaa thanked Mr. Modi for disseminate the ordinance, which “for the time being” put at rest the rational agony, stress and anxiety of lakhs of students and their parents aspiring for medical admission for the current year in the State quota.
The introduction of NEET would invalidate the execution of definite policy scheme and socio-economic objectives of the State, which had endorsed a legislation to abolish ordinary entrance tests for admission to professional courses. She argued that regulations for a national test may not have such enabling provisions.
She contended that, “The national test is out of tune with the prevailing socio-economic milieu and administrative requirements of Tamil Nadu,”
Maintaining that the ordinance would only “temporarily” address the issue for the current year, she said the situation in Tamil Nadu was distinct and different from other States.