Chennai, Aug. 11 -- The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is set to pass a resolution urging the Union government to amend relevant central laws and abolish the uniform NEET system for undergraduate medical admissions.

The Tamil Nadu government has said that the NEET system severely affects students studying in Tamil medium as well as those from rural and economically backward backgrounds in accessing medical education, while also raising concerns over the growing dependence on expensive coaching centres and the impact of the examination on students' school education.

The resolution states that unregulated coaching centres charging exorbitant fees for NEET have increased, forcing students to divert their attention from the school curricul...