Strongly opposing the decision of the Dental Council of India to introduce the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for both BDS and MDS courses, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to exempt Tamil Nadu from the test since the State had abolished entrance tests to professional courses from 2007-08 on various counts.
The CM, in her letter to the PM, pointed out that the State government had taken steps since 2005 and finally abolished the entrance examinations for professional courses from 2007-08.
“This was done after detailed examination by an expert committee that found that such examinations put rural students and students hailing from lower socio-economic backgrounds at a disadvantage due to lack of geographical and financial access to requisite training institutions and materials,” she added.
Jayalalithaa further said that such entrance examinations result in the growth of expensive coaching centres which charge high fees which the poorer students cannot afford.
“The need for such coaching classes will be specifically felt in the case of a national level examination as the students who pass the 12th standard based on our State syllabi will not face a level playing field as the topics covered for the entrance exam are likely to be based on the NCERT/CBSE curriculum and syllabi,” she said.
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