Chennai: The Tamilnadu government has informed the Union government that it is not in favour of an entrance exam by the National Testing Agency and institutional restructuring as given in the new National Education Policy 2020.
State Higher Education Minister K P Anbalagan said in a letter to Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank that such a move would impact rural students by adding to their academic burden.
“The NEP 2020 has proposed to conduct entrance examination by the National Testing Agency (NTA). This move would discourage rural students and the Government of Tamil Nadu is not for such a proposal. Further, this will be an added burden on the students,” he said.
According to the Centre, “The NTA will serve as a premier, expert,autonomous testing organisation to conduct entrance examinations for undergraduate and graduate admissions and fellowships in higher educational institutions. The high quality, range, and flexibility of the NTA testing services will enable most universities to use these common entrance exams – rather than each university conducting their own entrance exam- thereby drastically reducing the burden on students, universities and colleges and the entire education system.”