Tamil Nadu suggests fresh law to override NEET, admission to medicine courses based on class 12 marks

A policy note said this initiative would ensure social justice and protect all vulnerable student communities from being discriminated in admission to medical education programmes.

Chennai: An official committee has suggested enactment of a law by the state to provide for admission to professional degrees like medicine on the basis of marks obtained in the qualifying exam, the Tamil Nadu government said on Thursday (September 2) in the Assembly. The President's assent should be received for the proposed Bill following passage in the House, which would ensure social justice and this also indicated the need for elimination of NEET, the government said. A policy note (2021-22) tabled by Health Minister Ma Subramanian in the Assembly for his department said, this initiative would ensure social justice and protect all vulnerable student communities from being discriminated in admission to medical education programmes. "The Committee of Secretaries has suggested to promulgate an Act, similar to TN Act No 3/2007, indicating the need for elimination of NEET in medical education and get the President's assent for the same," the note said adding it would ensure social justice.