Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Friday (October 30) gave his assent to the Bill passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly that provides for 7.5% reservation for students passing class 12 from state government schools.
The Bill titled “Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Indian Medicine and Homeopathy on preferential basis to the students of Government Schools Bill 2020” was passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly on September 15.
The quota will be implemented from the present academic year.
The move was taken following the submission of a report by the one man Commission under Justice P. Kalaiyarasan earlier in June 2020 that pointed out the socio-economic disparities between government and private school students.
Earlier, the Tamil Nadu government had passed an executive order that it will provide 7.5% reservation to government school students qualifying NEET for admissions to MBBS, BDS, BSMS, BAMS, and BHMS from the academic year 2020-21.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister wrote “In order to protect social justice and the welfare of public school students, the government has announced to provide 7.5% reservation to the poor students who have cleared NEET and studied in government schools in Tamil Nadu to fulfill their medical dreams.”
சமூக நீதி காக்கவும், அரசுப்பள்ளி மாணவச் செல்வங்களின் நலன் கருதியும், தமிழகத்தில் அரசுப் பள்ளிகளில் பயின்று நீட் தேர்ச்சி பெற்ற ஏழை மாணவ, மாணவிகளின் மருத்துவக் கனவுகளை நிறைவேற்றும் விதமாக அவர்களுக்கு 7.5% உள்ஒதுக்கீடு அளிக்க அரசாணை வெளியிடப்படுகிறது. #NEETReservation pic.twitter.com/KIZGRlAxlo
— Edappadi K Palaniswami (@CMOTamilNadu) October 29, 2020
DMK chief MK Stalin while thanking the Governor for giving assent to the bill added that it was because of the DMK’s ‘struggle’ and ‘pleas’ that the Governor gave his assent to the bill.