TEAM HERALD
PANJIM: “One of the first questions I asked the Dean (of Goa Medical College) was whether admissions to the Allied Health Science Courses was on the basis of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test. When he said no, I heaved a sigh of relief,” were Chief Minister’s opening remarks on the occasion of the induction programme of the students of the Allied Health Sciences courses at the Goa Medical College, Monday.
Coming in the backdrop of the recent Supreme Court order slamming the state government for its “infantile wisdom which may, in different terminology, be called depraved sense of egocentric knowledge”, Parrikar’s comments on the NEET issue assume significance.
“He told me it’s absolutely free of NEET. Unnecessary complication arises because of the MCI,” Parrikar said.
He also used the opportunity to vent his feelings against “the NGO that approached the high court”.
“It appears it costs a student Rs 25-lakh to approach the Supreme Court (referring to the NEET case cost of the student petitioner)… I’m trying to count how much money the NGO which went to the Supreme Court in the mining case has spent and where the money has come from,” Parrikar said, adding: “today justice has gone out of the reach of the common man”.
Parrikar also promised to prioritize the maintenance of GMC in the face of reports that the taps in the hospital wards were running dry and that the air conditioning was not working.
“Maintenance is very important for the government,” Parrikar said.
He also praised the GMC for starting the courses saying that they are one of its kind courses which make the students directly employable once they graduate and more such courses were required in the future
