Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday batted for shifting education to the state list of the Constitution from the concurrent list. In his Independence Day address, Stalin announced that approximately 55,000 vacancies would be filled in various government departments.
He said all subjects that have a direct connect to people should be brought under Constitution's state list, in particular education. Only if education is moved to the state list of Constitution, qualifying examination method like the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) could be completely scrapped.
Following the deaths by suicide of a teen, a medical course aspirant, and his father over alleged NEET related stress, Stalin on Monday urged President Droupadi Murmu to immediately give her assent to a state Bill that seeks to exempt Tamil Nadu from the ambit of the qualifying test. Stalin delivered his Independence Day address from Fort St George in Chennai, the seat of power, after unfurling the national flag.
Stalin had on Monday flagged the 16 suicide deaths of students over NEET in Tamil Nadu. He urged President Murmu to accord her assent at the earliest to the state's anti-NEET Bill. He pointed to the "unfortunate consequences" due to the delay in the grant of approval to the Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Medical Degree Courses Bill, 2021 and urged her to provide assent immediately.
The chief minister underscored the back-to-back suicide deaths of a son and his father on August 12 and 13 respectively due to the stress of NEET.
Giving a background to the legislative process, Stalin had referred to the Justice AK Rajan Committee which studied the NEET-based admission process and its adverse impact on poor and rural students. Later, based on the panel's report and deliberations, the chief minister said, the Bill was passed on September 13, 2021.
Governor RN Ravi returned the Bill after five months of delay and it was reintroduced in the assembly on February 8, 2022. It was passed again after reconsideration and sent again to the Governor for reserving it for the President's consideration.
The Governor forwarded the Bill to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and it has been pending President's assent.
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