 this need exam is concerned. People say that these kind of examinations, standardized testing is being done worldwide. Okay, fine. But on two very important aspects, need has a plus. The first thing is, a student is studying in a school for about 16 years, starting from age 3 up to age 18. The child is studying in a school to get plus two marks. This need rejects the entire plus two marks. They are not considering the school marks at all and only need examination will be the entrance point for any college, medical college and any pieces that will be a type of examination for all courses. This is the one flaw, a very important flaw need is having number one. The second thing about the need is the commercialization of the training centers. These, you know, if you take these suicides that has taken place in Tamil Nadu, these suicides are part of the huge amount of investment that has been done by the parents. See, you think about the amount. It is about six lakhs if you are going to study from 9 standard onwards preparing for need. And if it is going to be only for secondary areas, it differs from about three lakhs to four lakhs, five lakhs. The minimum amount is, you know, as per our survey has been about 150,000. So this is a huge burden on the parent and on the student. The second very important flaw regarding the need examination is that it is actually demanding too much from the parents for preparation that because it has been totally commercialized. These training centers have given enormous pressure on the government to conduct the examination during the pandemic and the students have come to the centers to write the exams, etc. As well as the need exam for comparison with the other countries, including China, all countries are conducting entrance like examinations or to enter into the colleges. About 40 to 50 countries are doing that. That is what the central government is showing us. But in those places, public exam is not mandatory. See, they are having coacover test in China, which is a very, very difficult test. That is also a standardized testing when you complete your schooling. But there is no public exam. Here, a child has to take a public exam in total standard, 10 standard. And now the NEP says it is going to conduct examinations from third standard, fifth standard, in eighth standard standardized exams will be introduced. They will also have 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th, about two to, you know, semesters, which are also equivalent to public exams. So eight exams they have to write before they are going to enter into need. These mode of eight needs need examinations. Take for example, the exam conductor a few days ago, that is on 13th, you take that examination about 145, 46 questions. They are having only, you know, option two as the answer and option four answer for 45 and more questions. And option one and three you have to select only from, you know, a few, you know, questions like that it goes. So there is a lot of flop in the system. And of course, if at all a training center is having power enough to collect these, you know, things, there are so many, you know, things that can take place behind the screen when a lot of amount is invested. Now, our problem is that the children are getting a lot of pressure from the parents because of enormous amount they are spending on the training centers. When it is a total commercialization of the education, whatever you are going to study in your school, how far you are tougher, how far you are very good, it is not considered. They consider only the unique mark. So the investment that has been made in the training centers are now become more important than the education itself. The government is not coming forward to reduce any kind of burden in this matter. There can be three suggestions very important. The Tamil Nadu government, there was a big flaw in handling the need issue. That is why we had too many suicides in Tamil Nadu. Because the first thing, the students never expected the exam during the pandemic. All the other exams have been cancelled. And the last exam that took place was only on March 24th, 22nd. That's all. Then there was no exams. The children thought need will not come. Suddenly now the need has come. They have to write. The Supreme Court says, don't worry, go to the exam. The courts are saying, okay, okay, exam is an important. Now suddenly it has come. The child is not knowing what to do because they are not prepared to that. They were all in the pandemic. There are some students were in the pandemic in the area where there are affected people. There are constraints. Number two, many of the students who have completed total standard from the middle class area, they have gone to work with their parents in the vegetable shops, this and that. Number three, these children who have completed studies, they are also having a lot of other problems because no other institution has started any admission process, anything. So all these things put together, the children thought things will happen only on a later stage. So they were not ready to face the exams. Now what the Tamil Nadu government should have done? Number one, the Tamil Nadu government should have ensured that enough counseling would have been done for those children. When you go to Google, just type those who are writing a need. The entire name list and everything is coming. They can have the government concentrated only on the government school children. They also were conducted a few mock tests. Now there is a huge set of private school students who have been facing this threat of need. So there was no counseling from the government part and at least a minimum of reaching the child and talking with the child on forums, it should have been done. Some mock tests would have been conducted. Some kind of exam oriented mood should have been bought. All these things were missing. Suddenly the children were asked to go for the exam halls and that was a huge flaw from the Tamil Nadu government side and they should have faced it. They should at least should have got one opposition party meeting. The entire all party meeting regarding need to decide what is their stand and what is their scenario, how to face the need suddenly that has come. That could have been creating some awareness among the parents about what to do and how to really face the exam, how to write the exam, all those things. So these things were not done. Need has come. This government in Tamil Nadu is not for it. Number one, number two, bucket is conducting. It says both sides. It has to balance this and that so that students were in confusion and a lot of pressure on the students from all sides including the political side and so this has become a problem. Now when you are going to conduct need in future, should we have need or not? See education even today is in the concurrence list. It is not like in the center list. There should be a say for every state regarding these kind of examinations. Everyone has a system. When the Supreme Court says need is final, then we should put together some of the education is to have their view about what can be done. First we should consider the total standard mark what they are getting from CBC or state board or any board it is in that case and how much of percentage you are going to take for the consideration of the admission in MBS and other areas and for the general entrance test, how much of percentage will be taken from that and that should be a system that can really balance the school as well as the entrance. That is how in future it can be conducted or otherwise the number of people who are going to oppose need will become higher and higher. Just on one day you please think about the child. Single day of 13th of September somebody got a real fever. Somebody got sickness. What will they do? What will they do? You think about it. They cannot do anything. So please see that need is having balancing act regarding the examination system and the plus two marks should also be considered to be part of it. I'm not here to comment on the Supreme Court but what has happened is very unfortunate. The real unfortunate thing that has happened I think is due to the pressure we are getting from the training centers. Now look at this issue on part of the training centers point of view. They need new team to come inside. That is the person who have completed the 10th standard should enter the 11th standard scheme of their training center scenario and that should also be the guys who have completed 11 going to 12. They should also enter into the scheme of their training. So what happens naturally is there is enormous pressure on the center government that need exams at any cost to be conducted and see that the set which has been trained for many days have been sent out and fresh peace scenario is being maintained. This is one side of the story. Another side of the story is the Supreme Court I think was actually in the stand that the medical admissions should start otherwise half of the academic year is over all over the world. If you see the scenario, the Supreme Court has not seen the scenario worldwide. Nowhere the entrance or anything has been conducted regarding the colleges. In no country it has been conducted so far. They are all actually waiting for the pandemic to be over and they are all having scenarios. For example, let me tell you in US usually this is the time in which everything would have been over and the certification and all things would be finalized and the system would have been started in the universities. But still they are also waiting. Every country in the world which is now affected by the pandemic is waiting for the doors to open and see that somehow this pandemic is going to be over. But here it was not considered either it is Supreme Court or central government or whoever it is. That was a open platform for the students to come to your campus to write a test in open and they are telling that day we gave them a you know mask we gave them this and that but instead of everything you have made isolation wards in every center and these isolation wards even some many students who have been affected with COVID-19 were taking their tests. Now this is a you know totally uncalled for we never expected it will happen in this country. It is a shame on the people who have planned this and it's a shame for everyone who have made children with this is coming to your campus to write such a very present giving test.