DMK Rajya Sabha member P. Wilson has urged Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to allocate examination centres in Tamil Nadu for B.Ed. students from the State. They are due to appear for the SWAYAM July semester examinations on December 15 and 16.
In his letter, he highlighted that many candidates from Tamil Nadu, including 50 students from Thanjavur district, had been allotted examination centres in Karnataka and Kerala.
“The act of the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the examination, is arbitrary, unjustifiable, and severely detrimental to the academic interests of students. Tamil Nadu has a robust network of teacher education institutions, and thousands of B.Ed. students rely on SWAYAM examinations to obtain their course completion certificates from their universities,” he said.
Mr. Wilson said students, particularly those from poor backgrounds, could not afford the travel and accommodation required to attend exams in other States.
“This incident cannot be dismissed as a logistical error. Similar issues have occurred repeatedly in NEET, NEET-PG, and other national-level entrance and recruitment examinations,” he added.
Published – December 07, 2025 11:09 pm IST
