Puducherry govt proposes to reserve seats for govt school students at medical colleges
Puducherry Lt Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan advised reserving seats in medical colleges for government school students who clear the NEET entrance exam. She also emphasised the identification of dropouts and encouraged them to return to school.
Puducherry Lt Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Monday advised the union territory government to reserve a certain percentage of seats in medical colleges for government school students who clear the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).
As per the report of Indian Express, she attended the review meeting of the Puducherry Education Department held at Raj Nivas and emphasised the need to strengthen government NEET coaching centres. Currently, 30 students from government coaching centres have qualified for NEET.
During the Congress-led V Narayanasamy government, political parties and social organisations demanded the same. The UT government had sent a proposal for a 10% reservation, and then Lt Governor Kiran Bedi forwarded it to the Ministry of Home Affairs, but it was not granted.
"Teachers should be provided with innovative training to meet the challenges of the CBSE curriculum. The quality of education should be improved and vacant posts of teachers must be filled, she added, noting that digital and smart classrooms should also be set up. Addressing the low pass percentage of government school students in public examinations, the Lt Governor called for rectification of the issue," she said.
She also emphasised the identification of dropouts and encouraged them to return to school. Moreover, she proposed 'No Bag Day' once a month, during which extracurricular activities should be prioritised, and suggested celebrating 'Students Day' by felicitating children from government schools who top public examinations.
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