Swarajya's video: Tamil Nadu: Justice AK Rajan Committee Report On NEET Is Clearly Biased

While returning the NEET Bill back to the state Government for re-consideration on 1 February 2022, the Governor of Tamil Nadu had pointed out the biased nature of the Rajan Committee Report. The High Level Committee to study the impact of NEET on medical admissions in Tamil Nadu under the chairmanship of Justice A K Rajan was appointed by the DMK government in June 2021. The Report of the Committee is the basis for the Bill passed by the state Government. The Governor finds the Report “utterly unconvincing” and notes that it “… merely reflects the jaundiced view of the High Level Committee.” The Governor’s letter to the Speaker of the legislative assembly further mentions that “the report is based on several unsubstantiated sweeping assumptions” and mentions some of them. They are: - “NEET is directionless” - “NEET is anti-merit. It enables and empowers comparatively low-performing students to get admission to MBBS” - “NEET has paved the way for entry of poorly skilled candidates who are financially and socially strong and thus will make the medical profession dominated by low quality professionals” - “NEET discourages complex thinking and high order of skilling compared to State Board Examinations.” One finds it difficult to comprehend how such statements could be made in a state-appointed Committee Report after the NEET was introduced with the approval of the Supreme Court. But there are many such statements throughout the Report. Subscribe to Swarajya on YouTube. Get a Swarajya subscription: https://subscriptions.swarajyamag.com/join-us Website: https://swarajyamag.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SwarajyaMag Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swarajyamag