DMK MP Tiruchi Siva and fellow MP Kanimozhi staged a protest towards NEET forward of Monsoon Session.
Demanding a ban on NEET, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Tiruchi Siva on Monday mentioned that the widespread take a look at deprives the way forward for poor and rural college students who’re unable to qualify the examination as a consequence of lack of personal teaching.
Forward of monsoon session 2020 of Parliament which commenced at present, DMK MPs together with TR Balu, Tiruchi Siva and Kanimozhi staged a protest towards the Nationwide Eligibility cum Entrance Check examination (NEET) and demanded the examination be scrapped.
They arrived at Parliament carrying masks with ”Ban NEET, save TN college students” printed on them.
“At present DMK MPs staged an indication in entrance of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi within the Parliament advanced insisting scrapping of NEET exams. This widespread take a look at deprives the longer term goals of poor and rural college students who rating excessive marks of their college research however within the NEET examination as a result of they aren’t getting any personal teaching, they aren’t in a position to get by,” Siva instructed reporters right here.
“In Tamil Nadu, 11 college students have dedicated suicides as a result of scare of this examination. So, DMK insists that the NEET examination ought to be scrapped in order the brand new nationwide schooling coverage that has been authorised by the cupboard and the federal government may be very eager on implementing. It could retread the nation as an alternative of progressive try,” he added.
DMK and CPI(M) have additionally given adjournment movement discover in Lok Sabha over ”suicide of 12 teenage college students as a consequence of NEET”.
Siva additionally opposed the lingual coverage and mentioned: “Cease lingual coverage of imposing Hindi and Sanskrit on non-Hindi talking folks all this stuff will not be acceptable.”
“We have now additionally insisted that surroundings affect evaluation notification which can be opposed extensively throughout the nation by environmentalists and plenty of stakeholders,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, in Tamil Nadu, DMK MLAs arrived on the State Legislative Meeting, carrying masks with ”Ban NEET, save TN college students” printed on them. DMK President MK Stalin was additionally seen carrying the masks.
Whereas talking to media, the DMK President mentioned “Many college students died by suicide as a consequence of NEET examination subject. I appealed to cross a decision for these college students too who died suicide however it was rejected. There are various points like NEET, Nationwide Schooling Coverage 2020. I don”t know the way it”ll be mentioned in solely 2 days.”
“They (AIADMK) have mentioned of their election manifesto, and handed a decision (to provide exemption to NEET examination for state college students) however they haven’t given strain to the central authorities. They’re doing drama in NEET subject. This present state authorities is a slave authorities,” he added.
The State Meeting session will likely be convened until September 16th for a length of three days amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to this fact all security measures have been taken to conduct the session as per tips issued for COVID-19.
