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TN makes last ditch efforts to exempt the State from NEET

Last Updated 03 August 2017, 11:58 IST
In an apparent last ditch effort, Tamil Nadu government has approached the Union Government to obtain the permission for promulgating an ordinance seeking to exempt the State from National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET).

State health minister Vijayabaskar, who met Prime Minister Modi and several Union ministers during the last two days, said here on Thursday said that he had requested the Centre to exempt Tamil Nadu from NEET for at least one year.

State health department sources said that Modi's intervention was sought since concern ministry including law has rejected Tamil Nadu's proposal for an ordinance.

Amid mounting pressure from the Opposition parties including DMK demanding that NEET should not be implemented in Tamil Nadu, the government is also urging the Centre to get the Presidential nod for the two Bills passed in the Assembly, so that the State could continue to admit medical students based on plus-2 marks.

As the time running out for medical admissions for the current year, several thousands of plus-2 students in Tamil Nadu were under severe pressure whether they would get medical admission based on 12th standard marks.

In a major setback to the AIADMK government here, which steadfastly opposing NEET, the Madras High Court also recently dismissed a State's petition challenging single judge order quashing the provision of 85% reservation in the government quota of UG medical seats to students from the state board.
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(Published 03 August 2017, 11:58 IST)

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