Students of St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai. on Monday staged a demonstration in front of their college demanding the scrapping of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) conducted by the Union Government for undergraduate admission to medicine.

After staging a street play to drive home their point, the students raised slogans against NEET. The NEET question paper leak had forced several medical aspirants to end their life, the protestors said.

They demanded that the undergraduate admission to medicine be done on the basis of Plus Two marks. “Since the medical admission system in Tamil Nadu was so efficient and transparent, it should be revived. Since Tamil Nadu has been the trendsetter in the field of education, the all-important portfolio should be under the control of the State and, hence it should be a State subject,” they said.

After the agitation, the students returned to their classes..

The Students Federation of India staged a demonstration at Vannarpet in the evening.

Published - July 27, 2026 07:33 pm IST