West Bengal: NEET is a medical entrance exam conducted annually through which medical college admissions are conducted in a single phase across India. The Tamil Nadu government has been requesting the central government since the beginning for exemption from this NEET entrance exam.
Recently, the various malpractices in the NEET exam and court cases related to it have intensified the anti-NEET slogan. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has now written a letter to Prime Minister Modi regarding the NEET exam.
In that, there is a need to take immediate action regarding the irregularities arising in the recent NEET examination. Various allegations like question paper leak, bribery of certain persons and officials involved in the conduct of the examination, mercy marks to certain students, are some serious issues that require attention of the complete NEET examination.
Such events affect the ambition of lakhs of students who are waiting for admission in these medical courses. Such incidents affect the quality of medical education in the country.
Till 2017, no problem is known to have arisen when the respective states conducted admissions for medical students. But now various glitches arise in the common entrance exam.
State governments spend approximately over Rs 50 lakh on education and training per medical student. Therefore, entry of medical students
Adequate freedom should be given to the State Government to make selection through examination.
Central government controlled NEET exam system without intervention of state governments is completely unacceptable. It violates the spirit of the state-federal structure of the country.
NEET entrance exam means that only well-off students can benefit from going to coaching institutes. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking to cancel the NEET exam and allow states to conduct admissions for medical courses.
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