NEET is discriminatory, will affect healthcare system in TN if continued: Panel report

The govt, on Monday, made the report public

ITDC INDIA EPRESS/ITDC NEWS R The Tamil Nadu government, on Monday, made public the report submitted the committee, led by retired Madras High Court judge A.K. Rajan and constituted to study the impact of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions into medical colleges. There has been a widespread resentment against NEET since 2017 after it was made compulsory for medical admissions.

In its165-page report, the committee said, “NEET seems to have clearly undermined the diverse societal representation in MBBS and higher medical studies, favouring mainly the affordable and affluent segment of the society while equally thwarting the dream of pursuing medical education by underprivileged groups.”

The report reiterated that if NEET continues for a few more years, “the healthcare system of Tamil Nadu will be very badly affected,” and pointed out that the repeated appearance for the test has “distorted learning” and “replaced it with coaching” in medical education.

The entrance test will not produce doctors but extended health care machines, who may not have all relevant skills and reasoning capacities required to take the highly demanding judgment in medical profession, the committee observed.