The AIADMK leader and Chief Minister Jayalalitha on Thursday has declared that if re-elected, her government would take steps to spare students the ordeal of appearing for the test as the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for medical admissions turning into a hot political issue in Tamilnadu.
Ms. Jayalalitha has told a mammoth gathering in Palayamkottai that if need be, the State would enact legislation to ensure that students are admitted to medical courses based on their performance in the Class XII board examination, as is the case now.
She has contended that her government was always against conducting entrance examinations for admission to professional courses and she had abolished the Tamil Nadu Professional Courses Entrance Examination in 2005 and subsequently has enacted legislation the next year to give effect to it.
The Madras High Court had quashed the legislation, but later a new law was enacted by the succeeding DMK government to admit students to engineering and medical colleges based on their Plus-Two exam results.
