'Want Children To Be Competitive': Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi Says Won't Clear NEET Exemption Bill

The Tamil Nadu Assembly had last year once again adopted a Bill that sought the exemption for the state from NEET, after Governor Ravi returned it earlier.

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi with chief minister MK Stalin

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New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, while interacting with National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET) UG 2023 toppers on Saturday, asserted that he will never clear the Bill seeking exemption for the state from the central exam. He said even though the Bill awaits Presidential assent, the NEET exam would stay.

Responding to a question of one of the parents, who sought the Governor’s “clearance to ban NEET” in Tamil Nadu, Ravi said the achievements of the medical aspirants without NEET were not enough for the future and the qualifying exam would stay.

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“I am telling you very frankly, I will never give clearance to NEET (bill), let it be very clear. Anyway, it has gone to the President because it is a subject of Concurrent List, it is a subject which only the President is competent to give clearance to,” Governor Ravi said at Raj Bhavan in Chennai.

Speaking on the general idea that only those going to coaching centres clear the test, Governor Ravi said CBSE syllabus was the "standard."

"Whatever is there in the CBSE book, nothing beyond is needed. Many students, I have seen cleared it, cleared it well without going to coaching institutions. The book they have prescribed-- the CBSE book, that is a standard. If the standard is lower than that, don't blame that standard. Try to raise the standard," he said.

“CBSE standard is very good and NEET is not beyond that,” the Governor added.

It is to be noted that the Tamil Nadu Assembly had last year once again adopted a Bill that sought the exemption for the state from NEET, after Ravi returned it earlier.

"Let there not be any confusion, NEET is going to stay in the country. I want my children to be competitive, to be the best in the country," he said.