New test in progress; CBI Records Case; Anger over postponement of NEET-PG

4:07 p.m., June 23, 2024 (IST)

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said the cancellation of NEET-PG exam and UGC-NET were not one-off events “but the final nails in the coffin of a incompetent and broken centralized selection system.” Stalin, whose DMK party opposes NEET on grounds of social justice, among others, called for joint efforts to ensure that school education is the foundation for careers. “The cancellation of NEET-PG and UGC-NET has plunged thousands of our doctors into “deep despair”. “Let us not forget that these events are not one-off events but the final nails in the coffin of a system centralized selection system incompetent and broken,” he said in a message on “X”.

“As this scam comes to light, let us plan for a better future and join hands to build a fair and equitable selection process for professional courses, ensuring the primacy of school education and making it the basis of careers (and) restoring the states’ rights to determine their selection process for professional courses,” he said. All should join hands, “and above all, to reinstall hope and faith in the minds of our students and their families”, the ruling DMK chief added.