Confusion over NEET hands high scorers raw deal
TNN | Updated: Aug 24, 2017, 12:27 AM IST
Chennai: Mustansir Aziz Kitabi smiled when he saw officials waving the toppers list with his photograph. With 607 marks in NEET, he was ranked 17 - a score that would have fetched him a seat in the state's premier Madras Medical College.
But the smile faded when he was told that he would not be eligible to attend the counselling as he had taken admission in the Government Medical College in Omandurar, Chennai under the all-India quota. Like other years, the state had surrendered 455 of the 2,900 seats in the 22 government medical colleges to the Directorate General of Health Services for all-India counselling. "I took the seat because it wasn't clear to me whether the state would admit students based on scores of NEET or boards. As I didn't score high in Class XII, I was scared I won't get admission based on those marks," he said.
For almost two months the state has been uncertain about the NEET policy. Finally on Tuesday, the Supreme Court directed Tamil Nadu to begin medical counselling based on NEET scores.
But for students like Kitabi, the decision to be safe with Omandurar, stymied his chances for admission in the Madras Medical College. State selection committee secretary A Selvaraju said students who have joined medical colleges based on the all-India quota will not be allowed to vacate their seats. "The DGHS has said students who have joined colleges can't vacate their seats. This is based on a SC order," he said.
This despite the fact that the DGHS returned 102 government seats, including 18 in the Madras Medical College. Kitabi's friend Manas Das, who was rank 28 is facing a similar crisis. "It's a sad irony. We have the scores and there are seats but we can't join the college," he said.
Several students among the top 100 have been allotted seats in the all-India quota. But some students were happy they joined colleges ahead of others. Coimbatore-based Mukesh Kanna, Chennai-based Aiswariya Srinivasan and Syed Hafiz Z from Trichy, who are among the top five, said they were happy to been placed in colleges in their own cities. Kanna, who stood second with a NEET score of 655, was admitted to Coimbatore Medical College and Srinivasan and Hafiz were admitted to the Madras Medical College. "I decided to take the seat under the all-India quota because of the confusion," Srinivasan said. ranked third in the state rank list of NEET this year.
Chennai: Mustansir Aziz Kitabi smiled when he saw officials waving the toppers list with his photograph. With 607 marks in NEET, he was ranked 17 - a score that would have fetched him a seat in the state's premier Madras Medical College.
But the smile faded when he was told that he would not be eligible to attend the counselling as he had taken admission in the Government Medical College in Omandurar, Chennai under the all-India quota. Like other years, the state had surrendered 455 of the 2,900 seats in the 22 government medical colleges to the Directorate General of Health Services for all-India counselling. "I took the seat because it wasn't clear to me whether the state would admit students based on scores of NEET or boards. As I didn't score high in Class XII, I was scared I won't get admission based on those marks," he said.
For almost two months the state has been uncertain about the NEET policy. Finally on Tuesday, the Supreme Court directed Tamil Nadu to begin medical counselling based on NEET scores.
But for students like Kitabi, the decision to be safe with Omandurar, stymied his chances for admission in the Madras Medical College. State selection committee secretary A Selvaraju said students who have joined medical colleges based on the all-India quota will not be allowed to vacate their seats. "The DGHS has said students who have joined colleges can't vacate their seats. This is based on a SC order," he said.
This despite the fact that the DGHS returned 102 government seats, including 18 in the Madras Medical College. Kitabi's friend Manas Das, who was rank 28 is facing a similar crisis. "It's a sad irony. We have the scores and there are seats but we can't join the college," he said.
Several students among the top 100 have been allotted seats in the all-India quota. But some students were happy they joined colleges ahead of others. Coimbatore-based Mukesh Kanna, Chennai-based Aiswariya Srinivasan and Syed Hafiz Z from Trichy, who are among the top five, said they were happy to been placed in colleges in their own cities. Kanna, who stood second with a NEET score of 655, was admitted to Coimbatore Medical College and Srinivasan and Hafiz were admitted to the Madras Medical College. "I decided to take the seat under the all-India quota because of the confusion," Srinivasan said. ranked third in the state rank list of NEET this year.
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