Chennai: DMK president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin declared on Thursday that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) has completely failed to deliver on its foundational promises of easing academic pressure on candidates, curbing commercialisation and raising educational benchmarks. Reiterating his stance, he demanded the immediate scrapping of the national medical entrance exam.

Writing on X, Stalin pointed out that NEET has simply redirected the focus of learning away from secondary schools and into private coaching hubs.

"The problem with NEET has always been structural, not merely procedural. Recent events have vindicated that concern," he stated.

Stalin emphasised that the widespread student demonstrations erupting across the country should act as a "wake-up call" for the Central Government, urging Union authorities to "trust the states" by permanently abolishing the examination.

Extending his support to the ongoing youth demonstrations in the national capital, the DMK leader maintained that scrapping the entrance test is the only permanent remedy for the grievances highlighted by candidates.

In a post on X, Stalin remarked that the Delhi demonstrations had "now captured the attention of the entire country”, reminding the public that his party was among the earliest critics to highlight how the examination structure opened doors to systemic corruption.
 

"The students' protest in New Delhi has now captured the attention of the entire country. We were the first to warn that NEET was designed to enable large-scale irregularities. That is why the DMK has opposed NEET from the very beginning, consistently pointing out the dangers it poses," Stalin wrote.

He urged that the call for a complete ban on the exam must remain the central objective of the ongoing Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) demonstrations at Delhi's Jantar Mantar.

"Tamil Nadu, which led India in defending social justice and paved the way for the First Constitutional Amendment, has only one demand -Abolition of NEET. More than any other demand, the abolition of NEET must be at the heart of these protests. Only scrapping NEET will provide a lasting solution to all these problems. Ban NEET, Save Students," Stalin asserted.

ANI