The Tamil Nadu government today opposed the Centre's decision to conduct NEET twice a year, while the opposition DMK slammed Union government for "creating confusion" over the exam for entry into medical colleges.
School Education Minister K A Sengottaiyan said the state's stand was the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) should be conducted only once a year.
"We will take the matter to the notice of the Chief Minister (K Palaniswami) and further take it up with the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) and the Union Minister concerned," he told reporters at Coimbatore.
He said students cannot appear for NEET twice in the same year as a "six-month period will be short."