KARNATAKA PASSES RESOLUTION AGAINST NEET EXAM, WANTS CET BACK

• *Resolution against NEET passed in both houses of legislature

Bengaluru, July 27: Raising its strong voice against the all India medical entrance exam NEET, the Siddaramaiah led Congress government on Thursday passed a resolution in both the Houses against the exam and demanded the Centre to allow the State to revert back to the earlier system of CET for medical admissions.

Pointing out the flaws and the recent irregularities in the NEET exam, the resolution urged the Union Government to exempt the State of Karnataka from this examination and allow it to provide admissions to medical colleges based on the Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by the state government.

While medical education minister Dr Sharan Prakash Patil moved the resolution in legislative assembly, deputy chief minister DK Shiva Kumar presented in legislative council.

“The NEET examination system severely affects the medical education opportunities of poor rural students and deprives the rights of the state governments to admit students in the state government medical colleges and considering the repeated irregularities in the NEET examination, the Union Government should make necessary amendments in the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 (Central Act 30 of 2019) so that the NEET system is given up at the national level. And also the Karnataka Legislative Council unanimously urges that the Union government should immediately provide to exempt the state to of Karnataka from examination and provide medical admission based on Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by state government,” the resolution said.

Medical Education Minister Dr. Sharan Prakash Patil has been continuously opposing the NEET exam by highlighting the massive irregularities and how this system was affecting the chances of underprivileged and rural students and their dream of medical profession.

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