Chennai: Senior minister D. Jayakumar on Saturday blamed the CBSE for the Neet fiasco that forced almost 5000 candidates of Tamil Nadu to take the exams in other states, some of them as far away as Rajasthan.
“It’s all the fault and shortcoming of the CBSE. They did not inform Tamil Nadu Government of their requirement of exam centres in proper time for us to make the arrangements”, the minister told reporters even as the Opposition parties, educationists and the student community slammed his government for the misery caused to the candidates made to take their test on Sunday outside TN.
CBSE officials however maintained that the state government did not fulfil its obligation towards the students by taking measures to have its education department coordinate with the Central Board to ensure all the Tamil Nadu candidates found centres within the state.
One CBSE official, however, said it is not uncommon for candidates from one state to take the exam in another state since not all states have enough centres to accommodate all their candidates.
“Both the CBSE and the state government are villains in this tragedy”, said a senior official of a CBSE school, wishing anonymity.
