BENGALURU: The state government is trying its best to convince the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to include Kannada as an option for NEET 2017. The State Women and Child Welfare and Kannada and Culture Minister Umashree has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to instruct the ministry concerned to take necessary action to include Kannada in NEET.
The letter read: “I am bringing this very important issue to your kind notice that has come as a shocker to all Kannadigas. NEET 2017 does not allow Kannadigas to write the exam in Kannada is an upsetting development that has taken place in the Health and Family Welfare Ministry.”
She further mentioned, “Our state is home to the highest number of medical colleges and 70 per cent of the children write their SSLC exams in Kannada medium.”
She requested the PM to ask the officials concerned and the ministry to roll back the decision.
She ended the letter with: “The delay in an early decision might flare up the sentiments of Kannadigas.”