Tamil Nadu urges task force to abolish NEET

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay urged a Union government examination-reform task force on November 4 to abolish NEET and similar entrance tests, and use Class 12 marks for admissions to medical and other higher-education courses. The request was conveyed at a meeting with the panel’s chair, Nandan Nilekani, at the state Secretariat. It is the state government’s recommendation; the task force has not announced whether it will adopt it. The state’s position is that admissions should rely on students’ school-leaving examination results rather than centralised entrance tests. The government said its recommendation covered NEET and similar examinations for medical and other courses. The reports do not establish a separate admissions proposal beyond the Class 12-based approach. Vijay cited a Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly resolution passed on August 11, 2026, opposing NEET for undergraduate medical admissions. Reports described the resolution as unanimous; one account said all parties except the BJP supported it. The state also referred to the resolution while presenting its recommendation to the task force. The task force was established to recommend reforms to public...