Puducherry: NEET, non-NEET courses' counselling to be held together
The decision comes amid mounting pressure to meet the August 14 deadline set by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for completing admissions to engineering and related courses. Students and parents have raised concerns over the delay in announcing the counselling schedule.
'CENTAC is currently awaiting a government notification regarding the proposed 10% reservation for government school students in non-NEET courses,' CENTAC Convenor Cheryl Shivan told TNIE.
While this reservation already exists for MBBS and other NEET-based programmes, CM N Rangasamy had earlier announced its extension to non-NEET courses in the Legislative Assembly.
Sources indicated that the decision is being processed through the cabinet by circulation. Chief Minister Rangasamy and some ministers have already signed the proposal, and the remaining ministers are expected to sign soon. The file will then be sent to Lt Governor K Kailashnathan for final approval. Officials clarified that his absence from the station will not delay the process, as approval can be granted through the e-office system.
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