Governor’s reasoning that NEET is not against social justice does not hold water
The Governor has merely quoted the SC reading of Constitutional provisions without seeing how they have turned out in practice with NEET
Education
NEET got rid of capitation fees but private colleges still squeeze students
The Supreme Court verdict that brought in NEET gives two important reasons. The verdict observed that medical education should not be a profiteering enterprise and that capitation fees were a form of corruption. And NEET will help prevent that. The apex court looked upon NEET as a mechanism to...
NEET a good stick for DMK to beat AIADMK, BJP
Now that the Tamil Nadu Governor, R N Ravi, has received the Bill, commonly called the NEET Exemption Bill, from the Tamil Nadu Government as duly passed by the State Assembly for the second time, focus is on the Governor as to his next course of action. Constitutional experts say that the...
Young girl becomes doctor in proud moment for her construction worker single mom
A school set up by a former collector served as a boon for this girl from an economically backward family who went on to become a doctor.
Too scared to take NEET last year, this year first in govt school quota
I Siva, a former student of Silattur Government Higher Secondary School in Pudukottai, is the first among government school students in NEET scores for MBBS this year. Last year, after passing Class 12, Siva was too scared to take the exam. He didn’t appear for agriculture counselling either....
This doctor is the first graduate from his tribal village in Kalvarayan Hills
When tribal youth V Elumalai graduated in medicine and became a doctor last year, he was not only the first graduate in his family but also in his entire village. He is from Akkaraipatti in the Kalvarayan Hills, some 30 km from Tiruvannamalai. The village is 6 km away from Bimarapatti and some...
More should be done for Tamil in TNPSC exams: Scholar
The Tamil Nadu government’s initiative to make a Tamil paper mandatory in the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) examinations is quite welcome, says Ilakkuvanar Thiruvalluvan, president, Tamil Protection Association. But more should be done, he says, suggesting the inclusion of the...
A grand library can come up in a small village
A library is a public facility or a private utility – a storehouse of information. It is a portal to the world of knowledge. Tens and thousands of people, who cannot afford to buy expensive books or who are on the trail of research literature for their professional needs, swarm libraries. The...
What Population Genetics says about Tamils
Before medical surgery, a patient in Tamil Nadu /Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is asked a few questions regarding allergies to medication and so on. He/she may well be asked about his/ her caste, too. Doctors want to ensure they don't belong to the Arya Vaishya Chetty caste group as researchers...
Free online classes teach school lessons, music, acting, painting
The pandemic had kept students away from schools. Even after the schools reopened, there were several students, particularly from the marginalized sections of the society, who could not afford to pay fees and hence skipped going to the schools. Vasanthan Library School has been conducting free...
