At a time when incidents of crime have been on the uptick in the state, Tamil Nadu Director General of Police Sylendra Babu is busy peddling ridiculous claims about the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) sounding like a DMK spokesperson.
Sylendra Babu was speaking at a counselling session held at Guru Nanak College in Chennai for children of police department employees studying class 10 and 12.
Addressing the impressionable minds, he blamed medical entrance NEET as the reason for increasing number of students failing in Tamil.
Sylendra Babu’s comments come in the light of over 47,000 students failing in Tamil in the Class 10 public exams held this year.
He said that students are failing in Tamil as they are spending more time preparing for other subjects adding that there in the next 5 years there will be an increase in the number of tuition centers for teaching Tamil.
He also said that he was interested in studying medicine but failed in the interview conducted back then just like how NEET is there now.
Dr. R. Gayathri, a Chennai-based educationist and career counsellor said that she was appalled by the comments made by a person holding a responsible position in the government.
“He is someone who has cracked the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam and is known as a motivational speaker whose words are gospel for many yongsters. It is disheartening to see a man of his stature making a comment on-the-go about NEET.”, she said.
“There are no entrance exams for engineering colleges today but as per the latest Anna University results only 38% of the students have managed to pass in all subjects. The rest have failed in some subject or the other. Would Sylendra Babu blame NEET for this too?”, Dr. Gayathri said speaking to The Commune adding that his comments are highly condemnable as he is only confusing and discouraging students by making such statements.
Many others on social media have also lashed out at the Sylendra Babu saying that by linking NEET with students failing in Tamil, Sylendra Babu is acting like a DMK spokesperson peddling its propaganda.
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