Like NEET centres, TN to set up coaching schools for other exams

The training institutes, expected to be launched before the year-end, will also help Class 12 students to appear for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) and Chartered Accountancy (CA).

School Education Department sources here told DT NEXT that the government had tied up with several private coaching institutes including Chaitanya Academy, Speed and ALLEN Career Institute to train the students for NEET.

“Likewise, the government will enter into agreement with renowned institutions to train government students for JEE, IIT, CA and CLAT,” a senior official from the department said.

Instead of a short-gap solution, the government is considering setting up permanent coaching centres. “Apart from the tie-up with coaching organisations, experts, academicians and retired professors will be appointed by the government to monitor the centres”, he added.

In a bid to give enough time for students to prepare for the examinations and clear them, the official said coaching might start in the beginning of October.

“In addition, some training centres will have hostel and canteen facilities for the benefit of students,” the official said adding that they are working out all the feasibility study including the funds allocation to implement the coaching centre project”.

According to the official, the government is also planning to identify its land in various places for setting up permanent centre, which would train the students for all the competitive exams. “The centres will come up in many districts so that students from far flung areas could participate in the training”, he said.