Chennai News:
The father of the deceased 19-year-old, who committed himself after failing the NEET medical entrance exam, was discovered dead at his Chennai, Tamil Nadu, house the next day, according to the police.
Jagadeeswaran, who had received 427 out of a possible 427 in his Class XII graduation in 2022, failed the admission on both of his attempts. He was discovered dead at home on Saturday after not returning his father’s calls. The following morning, Selvasekar, his father, was discovered dead. According to the authorities, Selvasekar hanged himself at home because he was unable to handle the anguish of losing his son.
MK Stalin, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, expressed condolences for the victims’ deaths and urged students to “not entertain suicidal thoughts but to have self-confidence and to live life.”
The Tamil Nadu assembly passed a measure seeking exemption from NEET in 2021, claiming that it disadvantages children from low-income families and rural areas, even if they receive excellent grades in their Class XII examinations, and benefits wealthy students who can afford private coaching.
Prior to this, the state had done away with entrance exams for medical admissions and instead admitted students to MBBS programs based on their Class XII grades.
Governor RN Ravi, who had returned the bill after a long delay, forwarded it to President Droupadi Murmu after the assembly passed it again.
Today, Chief Minister Stalin said, “The NEET wall will crumble in a few months when the political change we aspire to bring about happens.”
“The NEET system mainly benefits those who can afford to spend lakhs on preparation over the course of two or three years. Less successful students in Class XII examinations can still get into medical school by paying expensive fees and qualifying for the NEET exam. They have made it so that only wealthy people can receive a medical education.
Poor students from the state’s government institutions are currently only able to pursue medicine thanks to the 7.5% reservation made by the state, he continued.
A parent of a successful candidate who requested NEET exemption posed an uneasy question to Governor Ravi a few days ago after he had congratulated NEET-qualified candidates. Not all parents could afford it, the parent claimed, adding that he had spent several lakhs on his daughter’s coaching. The Governor said that the President already had the measure and that he would never sign it.
Ma Subramanian, the state’s minister of health, criticized the governor for “misleading” the state with such claims while having “no role in this except merely forwarding” them to the President.
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