Tamil Nadu to have more NEET exam centres this year

Even as the state government and the ruling DMK is in stiff opposition to the conduct of National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET), the Centre has announced 18 centres for the exam instead of the 14 centres in 2020.

In a statement released on Thursday, the Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan said that Chengalpet, Virudhanagar, Dindigul and Tiruppur will be the new centres in addition to the 14 centres in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister, Ma Subramanian met the Union Education Minister on Thursday and apprised him of the difficulties faced by the students of the state in writing NEET examinations. He had also handed over a copy of the Justice(Rtd) A.K. Rajan committee which was constituted by the state government to study on the impact of NEET on rural students.

The report which was finalised after taking opinion and inputs from the general public has said that a majority of people were opposed to the NEET examination and were of the opinion that this is creating an educational divide among the Urban elite students and those from the rural backgrounds.

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