NEET anxiety: Another MBBS aspirant commits suicide

Written by MD Bureau Published On 2020-09-10T15:03:31+05:30 | Updated On 10 Sept 2020 3:03 PM IST

NEET anxiety: Another MBBS aspirant commits suicide

Tamil Nadu: NEET anxiety has now claimed the life of another young medical aspirant. Recently, a 19-year-old NEET aspirant has allegedly committed suicide under the performance pressure in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) exam which is scheduled to be held on September 13th.

According to a recent report by PTI, the body of the student was found floating in a well of the village and the initial inquiry suggested that the boy was anxious about the result of his NEET exam.

The deceased passed the 12th standard two years ago and he was from Elanthankuzhi village in Ariyalur district. The medical student had reportedly cleared NEET the last year also and even scored 370 but could not join medical college despite having cleared the Test earlier. He was trying to improve his score this time around.

One of the police officers confirmed that "he was anxious about the score he could get this time around though he has passed the exam earlier." "He had gone to sleep last night as usual. His family members found him missing from the home early this morning and his body was later found floating in a well in his village," an officer in the district police office informed PTI. However, the police had not found any suicide note from the deceased but the primary inquiry hinted that it was a suicide. The body was sent to a government hospital for autopsy.

This is the second such case in a week where one medical aspirant allegedly put an end to his life unable to cope up with the pressure and anxiety of NEET. Previously, the medical dialogues team reported that a young medical aspirant has committed suicide by hanging himself inside his own rented apartment at Kazipur in Patna.

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Latching on to the incident, Tamil Nadu parties reiterated their demand for scrapping the test. The PMK leader also demanded the Tamil Nadu government must provide a solatium of Rs 50 lakh to the family of the deceased and a government job to one of his family members. DMK President M K Stalin, expressing grief over the NEET aspirant''s suicide, said one more life has been lost over the national test. "When the merciless Central government would stop the NEET. How many more lives should we lose ?" he asked and appealed to the student community to face life boldly and give up suicidal tendencies. Tamil Nadu parties, including the ruling AIADMK, has been opposed to NEET on grounds that it went against social justice, the backward classes and interests of rural students who could not afford coaching classes.

PMK founder leader S Ramadoss stated that "The Central government has been saying that NEET is to upgrade the standard of medical education and prevent commercialization of medical education. If it is true that the quality of medical education has been rising, many who scored much less than Vignesh in NEET must not have been allowed to join private medical colleges by pumping in loads of money."

He suggested that had admission been given based on Class 12 marks, the boy would have for sure got a placement in a medical college. "..the opportunity to join medical college must not have been denied to Vignesh just because he did not have money to join a medical college though he cleared the NEET," Ramadoss said. "If this situation continues, there is a threat of many students resorting to suicide every year due to fear and frustration over the NEET. To prevent this, the Centre should come forward to permanently scrap the NEET.

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Source : with agency inputs

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