Will oppose NExT too, on the lines of NEET, says Stalin
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 interest of the students nor the state governments who fund most of the medical institutions.
“This step seems to be just another attempt to dilute the role of State Governments and Universities in the health sector and to centralise the powers with the Union Government,” Stalin said in his letter seeking for the existing system to continue.
NExT is a common national level exit examination which would be a– qualifying criterion for final-year undergraduate medical students, the measure for merit-based allocation of postgraduate seats, and the screening mechanism for foreign medical graduates wanting to practise in India.
The National Medical Commission (NMC) in December last year put draft regulations related to NExT in the public domain for comments and it is likely to be rolled out next year. Stalin recalled that they have already addressed their “strong reservations” against this with the Prime Minister and Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya.