Move education to state list: TN CM

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday batted for shifting education to the state list of the Constitution from the concurrent list. In his Independence Day address, Stalin said all subjects that have a direct connect to people should be brought under Constitution's state list, in particular, education.

Only by moving education to the state list of Constitution, qualifying examination method like the cruel National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) could be completely scrapped.

Following the deaths by suicide of a teen, a medical course aspirant, and his father over alleged NEET related stress, Stalin on Monday urged President Droupadi Murmu to immediately give her assent to a state Bill that seeks to exempt Tamil Nadu from the ambit of the qualifying test.

The CM also slammed Governor R N Ravi for his pro-NEET stand. The Constitution (Fortysecond amendment) Act, 1976 transferred the subject 'education' from the state list to the concurrent list. (PTI)