The Pradesh Congress Committee in a press statement expressed their opposition to the common entrance examination for medical colleges. Congress leader V. Vaithilingam in a press release said that the school education comes under the purview of the State Government and the respective states through their School Education Board offer education in the vernacular language. Also, the Central Government is offering school education through Central Board of Secondary Education called CBSE.
He said that this system of education was mainly intended to cater to the needs of the administrative people and the working class. This system of education will not help people from the weaker sections of society. “In this situation, the ruling BJP government at the Centre is trying to implement All India Common Entrance Test for admission to medical colleges. This entrance examination will be mainly based on the CBSE syllabus and those students studying in various state government boards will find it difficult to clear the entrance examination. Due to this, students from weaker sections will be deprived of getting admission into the medical colleges,” Mr.Vaithilingam said.
Considering this, during the Congress regime in Puducherry, common entrance examination for admission to the professional courses were cancelled and admissions were given based on the marks secured in the plus two examinations. And the dream of the aspiring students belonging to the weaker sections was fulfilled. For the past decade, hundreds of students from weaker sections were benefited and become doctors.
He stated in the press release that the ruling BJP Government in the centre is trying to impose All India Common entrance exam through Supreme Court, thereby depriving the aspirations of the students hailing from below poverty line and weaker sections,
“The Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee vehemently opposes this move of the Centre and requests to drop the proposal. Our party insists that admission to medical colleges should be made based on the marks in the plus two examinations. Only then the students from the weaker sections will be able to become doctors,” he added.
Students studying in state boards will find it difficult to clear exam, said Vaithilingam
