The Delhi government has decided that the uniform medical entrance examination will be applicable to all medical colleges under its authority, with chief minister Arvind Kejriwal urging the President
The Delhi government has decided that the uniform medical entrance examination will be applicable to all medical colleges under its authority, 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 introduce an ordinance to keep the state boards out of the ambit of the 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 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,” he 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 that ruled 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 the city 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 reforms. More than 15 states were opposed to NEET and had raised issues like different syllabi and languages during the recent meeting of the state health ministers.
The next phase of the exam is scheduled for July 24.
