Don't force states to implement NEET in the future too: Jayalalithaa to PM

May 25, 2016 08:47

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has asked the Centre to let the state continue with its existing system of admission to medical and dental colleges and not be forced to implement NEET even in the future.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, a first after taking over as the CM, Jayalalithaa thanked him for the speedy promulgation of an Ordinance on National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). It provided for an exemption from NEET for this academic year (2016-17) with respect to the state government seats (in government or private medical colleges) at an under-graduate level.

This has, for the time being, put to rest the mental agony, stress and anxiety of lakhs of students and their parents that are aspiring for medical admission in the current year under the state quota, she said.

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