06:09
NEW DELHI: Delhi Government has decided that the uniform
medical entrance examination NEET will be applicable in all medical colleges
under it, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urging the President not to give
his nod to the ordinance exempting the state boards from it.
The
move came two days after the Centre decided to bring the ordinance to keep
state boards out of the ambit of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)
for this year."The
Delhi government has decided that admission will happen in all its medical
colleges through NEET," a senior official from the Delhi Health Department
said.
Meanwhile,
Mr Kejriwal has urged President Pranab Mukherjee, who has sought legal
advice on the ordinance, not to give his assent.
"I
urge hon'ble President not to sign the ordinance," Mr Kejriwal tweeted.Last
week, the Delhi chief minister had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
opposing the ordinance.
The
ordinance, cleared by the Union Cabinet on Friday, is aimed at
"partially" overturning a Supreme Court verdict which said all
government colleges, deemed universities and private medical colleges would be
covered under NEET.
Earlier
in the day, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia called a high-level meeting of
vice-chancellors of medical colleges and top officers of education department
to discuss the implementation of NEET.
Delhi
Health Minister Satyendar Jain recently came out in support of the Supreme
Court order and requested the Centre to implement it at the earliest to bring
in reform.More
than 15 states were opposed to NEET and had raised issues like different
syllabus and languages during the recent state health ministers' meeting.
The next
phase of the exam is scheduled for July 24.
Nearly
6.5 lakh students have already taken the medical entrance test in the first
phase of NEET held on May 1.
Once
the ordinance is issued, students of state government boards will not have to
sit for NEET on July 24.
They,
however, will have to become part of the uniform entrance exam from next
academic session, government sources said.
The
exam will be applicable for those applying for central government and private
medical colleges.
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