Tamil Nadu Education Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan on Sunday said the government’s policy was to get exemption from National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and it had been urging the centre continuously in this regard.
“The state government’s policy is to get exemption from NEET. Continuous efforts are being made in this regard,” he told reporters here.
“We have already made an appeal to the Union government to exempt students of Tamil Nadu from NEET examinations,” the Minister said.
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He also added that the State government has made arrangements to provide free training to students to face the exams, till the exemption is obtained. The exams are compulsory to qualify for admission to MBBS/BDS courses.
It was decided to start 412 centres to train around 78,000 students to face NEET, he added.
Mr. Sengottaiyan further said that from these 78,000, the best two thousand students would be selected and provided ‘special’ coaching for NEET.
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The Minister, who inaugurated a new CT Scan equipment at the Erode Government Headquarters Hospital installed at a cost of ₹1.75 crore, said it would benefit patients from economically backward sections.