Tamil Nadu BJP on Thursday accused the DMK and other parties of using the NEET as a tool to target the BJP government at the Centre. It also reiterated that the ruling dispensation should furnish a white paper on the performance of students from the state in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). BJP state chief K Annamalai sought to know… Continue reading "DMK using NEET as a tool to oppose BJP, says Annamalai"
The students wing of the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday held a protest here against NEET, reiterating the party’s demand for the abolition of the central qualifying test for medical admissions. The protest, titled “No More NEET” was led by the party’s Students Wing Secretary and Kancheepuram MLA, CVMP Ezhilarasan. The protesters were clad in black. Senior party… Continue reading "DMK students’ wing members staged a protest against NEET"
NEET, ‘masquerading’ as a measure of merit, is a ‘scam’ and the Centre must stop defending the national test as it went against the interests of students and it is also against social justice and poor, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Sunday. Stalin, also the president of the ruling DMK said in a post on X:… Continue reading "Stalin says NEET a ‘scam’, goes against students, social justice and poor"
The Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that the Centre has decided to revoke the grace marks awarded to 1,563 students in the NEET-UG 2024 exam. The affected students will be notified of their actual scores and given the choice to retake the exam. If they opt out of the re-test, their scores from the 5 May exam will stand,… Continue reading "NEET : Grace marks of 1,563 Candidates cancelled"
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that the ‘irregularities’ in the NEET medical entrance examination have devastated close to 24 lakh students, and promised to be the “voice of the students in Parliament”. “We had pledged in our manifesto to give students ‘freedom from paper leaks’ by making a law. Today, I assure all the students of the country… Continue reading "Rahul Gandhi slams BJP over NEET row"
The National Testing Agency (NTA) officially announced the results for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2024 on June 4, 2024. In a record-breaking performance, over 67 aspirants have received the perfect score for the first time ever, getting an AIR 1. With 1,65,047 students, Uttar Pradesh had the most qualifying applicants, followed by Maharashtra (1,42,665) and… Continue reading "NTA declares NEET UG result 2024"
Over 1.5 lakh students appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) that was conducted across the state on Sunday. Candidates who attended the test stated that the physics questions were tough while those of chemistry and biology were relatively easier. Notably, the number of state students taking NEET has been growing over the past three years: 1.42 lakh in 2022,… Continue reading "1.55 lakh students appear for NEET across Tamil Nadu"
Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, opposing the introduction of the National Exit Test (NExT) for medical college students. Opposing the introduction of the National Exit Test (NExT) for medical college students, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday saying that it is neither in the… Continue reading "Will oppose NExT too, on the lines of NEET, says Stalin"
The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court (MHC) observed that any party has the right to agitate against what they oppose and disposed of the petition against the anti-NEET signature campaign being driven by DMK as the petitioner withdrew his plea. A litigant M L Ravi, Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi, president filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to… Continue reading "MHC disposed of a plea against DMK’s anti NEET campaign"
Exuding hope, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said on Sunday that if the ‘INDIA’ alliance wins the 2024 parliamentary elections, then Tamil Nadu will be exempted from NEET. “The demand to scrap NEET is not a political demand; It is an educational request. More specifically, it is the demand of all those who want a socially equal education. The… Continue reading "NEET will be abolished if INDIA wins 2024: Stalin"