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BS Number Wise: There are no NEET solutions

Tamil Nadu has no faith in the test to select students for medical colleges, data shows there is little reason to chuck out the system

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Ishaan Gera New Delhi
In November 1971, philosophers Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault held a debate on the question of human nature. Foucault argued that institutions perpetuated the dominance of one class: replacing or dismantling systems would not eliminate the hierarchy but shift the dynamic of power.

A version of that debate is playing out in India where the central and state governments are arguing over a highly competitive test to pick students for medical colleges. The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) was instituted in 2013 to replace a system of multiple tests and stop medical colleges from selling seats by charging a