Three NEET(National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) aspirants died by suicide in Tamil Nadu on September 12, a day prior to the date of exam. Since the introduction of NEET, the state has witnessed 12 suicides overall. Ayesha Natarajan, an educationalist and also a Sahitya Academy winner said that no other country conducts this kind of exam, that too amid the pandemic. The Centre should not impose such exams since education is still in the concurrent list. It is the failure in addressing the issues regarding NEET by the both central and state government that has pushed the students into stressful situations.
