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Tamil Nadu Education Body Urges Centre to Abolish NTA
A Tamil Nadu education rights group wants the government to stop using centralised tests for undergraduate admissions.
It says the National Testing Agency has faced complaints about its examinations.
The group wants colleges to use students’ board-examination marks instead.
It also suggested using Tamil Nadu’s normalisation method for all-India quota admissions.
The organisation believes centralised tests can make it harder for disadvantaged students to enter universities.
It said the testing system may also weaken the role of states in education.
The group criticised the outsourcing and commercialisation of examination services.
It asked governments to improve public education and make education a fundamental right.
SPCSS-TN urged the Centre to dissolve the National Testing Agency and end centralised undergraduate admission tests.
The organisation recommended using students’ board-examination marks for undergraduate admissions.
It proposed Tamil Nadu’s normalisation method for professional-course admissions for all-India quota seats.
SPCSS-TN said the current system undermines federalism, excludes disadvantaged communities and commercialises admissions.
The group also called for stronger government-funded institutions and education as a fundamental right from school through university.
- Who
- The State Platform for Common School System – Tamil Nadu, represented by general secretary P B Prince Gajendra Babu.
- What
- It urged the Centre’s High-Powered Task Force to dissolve the National Testing Agency and abolish centralised undergraduate admission tests.
- Where
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
- When
- September 15; the report does not specify a year.
- Why
- The organisation cited complaints about NTA examinations, concerns over federalism and exclusion, and the commercialisation of admissions.
Key facts
- Organisation
- State Platform for Common School System – Tamil Nadu (SPCSS-TN)
- Main demand
- Dissolve the National Testing Agency and abolish centralised tests for undergraduate admissions.
- Proposed admission basis
- Marks secured by students in their respective board examinations.
- Suggested method
- Adopt Tamil Nadu’s normalisation process for all-India quota seats.
- Task force addressed
- The Centre’s High-Powered Task Force on examinations.
- Additional appeal
- Strengthen government-funded educational institutions and fulfil the constitutional mandate under Article 41.
Quotes
P B Prince Gajendra Babu
General secretary of the State Platform for Common School System – Tamil Nadu
“Examination is something quite different from education, but in the name of raising the standard of education, they are making the examination so impossible and so severe that the backward communities which have hitherto not had the chance of entering the portals of university are absolutely kept out”
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