State not to take part in NEET, says Tawde

 

By Vikas Vaidya


MAHARASHTRA’S Higher, Technical, Medical Education Minister Vinod Tawde has clarified that the State would not participate in National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET). With confusion reigning supreme over conducting NEET for admission to MBBS, Tawde’s statement has allowed parents to breathe easy.
After discussions on education held in the House for last two days, Tawde presented a road map. He said that a student is backbone of education but unfortunately the present day education is not student-centric and stressed that he wanted to give due importance to students.
“There was a lot of confusion on NEET. The litigations were filed in the Supreme Court. We do not want to involve ourselves into these disputes but Maharashtra Government has decided not to participate in NEET,” Tawde said.
Medical Council of India had first talked on NEET in the year 2011. Then the confusion went on how the NEET to be introduced. NEET came into being because of Supreme Court’s judgement wherein it had said that student should not need to appear multiple entrance test for the admission to the courses. The first NEET was conducted in the year 2013 against so much opposition from the parents as well as private medical colleges. Private colleges knocked the doors of the court. Supreme Court said NEET would be applicable for Government Medical Colleges only. From the year 2014 State Government restarted with its own test.
He also informed the House that though the government thought over negative marking system in Common Entrance Tests but came to conclusion that there was no need to include negative marking system.
Refuting charges of the opposition that the changes in education were being made to ‘saffronise’ education, Tawde said, “What we want is to bring changes in education to make curriculum relevant at the present juncture. For example, we spend Rs 29,000 crore on salaries of the teachers. This money is an investment to develop next generation. At the same time evaluation of the expenditure is also necessary,” he said Many members during the discussion had pressed to save Marathi schools. Some members had also demanded that Government should frame policy to save Marathi schools.
Tawde said that the Government would initiate measures so that Marathi schools do not get closed. He also suggested that every MLA should adopt one school and develop it.
“Many leaders in the past were the result of college or university elections. The elections will be started again. Our purpose to start elections is to create leadership,” pointed Tawde.
On the hurtful subject of loaded schools bags, Tawade said that the load on school bags would also be reduced. Government would constitute a committee of educationist and psychiatrist. The committee will make recommendations and accordingly the load will be reduced, he said.

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