NEET was introduced with three principal promises: (1) reduce the burden, (2) eliminate commercialisation, and (3) improve standards. On...
M.K. Stalin argued that NEET has failed on its three founding promises of reducing burden, eliminating commercialisation, and improving standards, saying it has instead shifted learning to coaching centres. He referenced his op-ed in The Hindu calling for NEET's abolition amid ongoing student protests.
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NEET was introduced with three principal promises: (1) reduce the burden, (2) eliminate commercialisation, and (3) improve standards.
On every one of these counts, #NEET has failed. It has merely shifted the centre of learning from schools to coaching centres.
The problem with NEET has always been structural, not merely procedural. Recent events have vindicated that concern.
The ongoing student protests must serve as a wake-up call for the Union Government. It's time to trust the states. It's time to abolish NEET.
Read my op-ed in today's @The_Hindu: https://t.co/wFlPB09zUT
DMK president M.K. Stalin argued that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) was introduced with three principal promises -- reducing student burden, eliminating commercialisation of medical education, and improving educational standards -- and asserted that NEET has failed on all three counts. He said the exam has instead shifted the centre of learning from schools to private coaching centres, and described the problems with NEET as structural rather than merely procedural, a concern he said recent events have reinforced. Stalin called on the Union Government to treat ongoing student protests as a wake-up call, urging that states be trusted with medical admission processes and that NEET be abolished. He referred readers to his accompanying opinion piece published in The Hindu newspaper.