Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss on Friday said he personally felt the entrance tests for medical colleges should be scrapped and marks obtained by students in qualifying examination should be the sole criteria for admissions.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, he said his personal views were not necessary the opinion of his department which is to make a submission before the Supreme Court on a petition challenging the criteria of 40 per cent marks in qualifying exam for ST/SC students.
"Personally, I am for doing away of the entrance examinations as they are huge harassment to students," he said.
The practice of holding entrance examinations, except in Tamil Nadu which has prescribed qualifying marks to be criteria for admission to medical colleges, has encouraged mushrooming of coaching centres who charge huge fee, he said.
Ramadoss said suggestions have been made by members that both qualifying examination marks and entrance test results should be taken together for admission
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