Madras HC Issues Notices for 5% Reservation for Tamil Medium Students

In a bid to ease the admissions of students who completed their school education in Tamil medium, the Madras High Court has issued notices regarding reservation of seats in MBBS for such students. The High Court had issued notices to the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) and the State Government as well. The notices directed the respective authorities to create a provision for 5% reservation to students completing schooling in Tamil medium.

The issue has been presided over by Justices M Sathyanarayanan and R Hemalatha, who have directed the respective state authorities to give their reply before 20th February 2020.

The step had been considered after N Murugesan from Dharmapuri filed a PIL petition stating that students who complete their schooling in Tamil medium find it difficult to grab the MBBS seats in medical colleges, even after clearing the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET 2020).

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Previously, many changes had been proposed under the NEET 2020 examination, to accommodate more applicants from across the country. Some of the changes include the applicability of NEET scores in different medical courses such as the various AYUSH courses, viz. BAMS, BSMS, BHMS, BNYS and BUMS.

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Recently, the National Testing Agency, the conducting body for NEET-UG had released a notification to help clear out the different doubts regarding NEET state of eligibility. For MBBS aspirants from Jammu and Kashmir, NTA had announced the offline application process, in order for them to be able to take part in the NEET 2020 examination. NTA had recently concluded the NEET 2020 application process on Jan 6th, 2020.