TN report on NEET is politically motivated: Ex Anna University VC

The former vice-chancellor of Anna University, E Balagurusamy, has said that the AK Rajan Committee report on NEET is scripted.

The ruling party of Tamil Nadu, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government had established a committee led by AK Rajan, a former Madras High Court judge, to study the impact of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) medical entrance exam on medical college admissions in the state.

The committee had submitted its study report to Chief Minister MK Stalin on September 14. The report suggested that NEET favours affluent students. Moreover, the state Assembly has recently passed a bill to eliminate the national medical entrance exam NEET-UG from the state for medical courses admissions and provide admission on the basis of class 12 marks.

Now, E Balagurusamy, former vice-chancellor of Anna University has alleged that the report is politically motivated. As per him, it is scripted to suit DMK's whims and the statistics in the report are skewed. He also said that getting the President's assent for the bill the state Assembly has recently passed will not be easy.

Balagurusamy said, “It is really unfortunate that Tamil Nadu government has passed the anti-NEET bill based on this squinted report. The report is lopsided. It seems the committee wrote recommendations first and then drafted contents to support it,” as reported by New Indian Express.

He also added that NEET gives an opportunity to Tamil Nadu students to get admission to all deemed universities, Central institutions and 15% in all other medical colleges in India.

“These seats are much more than the seats available in TN medical colleges. Also, NEET scores will help students in securing admissions abroad,” he added. 

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