TN CM meets parents of girl who committed suicide after NEET
Chennai
02-November-2021
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin met the parents of a 17-year-old girl who committed suicide three days after she took the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET).
Soundharya who had taken NEET on September 12 committed suicide on September 15 at her home after her parents had gone to work. She was a Class 12 student of Thottapalayam Higher Secondary school at Katpadi in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu.
The Tamil Nadu government had constituted the Justice (rtd) Rajan commission to study the impact of NEET in the state. The report has said that there was a clear divide between the Urban and Rural students and that students from poor backgrounds would be at a disadvantage in NEET.
Four students had committed suicide during the NEET exam with a student taking his life before the examination and three others after the examination on September 12 - IANS
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