Chennai sources have stated that the Opposition on Tuesday has sought the State government’s views on various issues including its stand on national eligibility test for medical education, teacher vacancies in schools and colleges, non-appointment of Vice Chancellors to half a dozen universities.
The Leader of the Opposition M.K. Stalin has wanted to know what action the government has initiated with regard to the National Entrance and Eligibility Test (NEET) and also said students from economically weaker background and rural areas would be affected if NEET were to become compulsory.
Meanwhile the Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar has said the government was determined to admit students only through the present system and the Chief Minister had issued a government order in 2005 and has ruled that only Class XII marks would be used to determine admission.
The Higher Education Minister K.P. Anbazhagan has maintained that the lack of VCs did not affect the day-to-day functioning of the institutions and of the 47 vacancies for the post of principal in 86 government colleges, only 15 were yet to be filled.
