Medicos help labourer’s daughter clear NEET
TNN | Jun 6, 2019, 04.46 AM IST
CHENNAI: A daily labourer’s daughter who studied in a government school has cleared NEET, thanks to Kilpauk Medical College (KMC) Alumni Association. SM Surya Lakshmi’s score of 368 out of 720 marks may not be enough to win her an MBBS seat, but that she could achieve it with just two months’ preparation gives hope to many.
Lakshmi had never seen an NCERT book till she attended mentoring by KMC students. The alumni association funded the 40-day residential programme for 86 government school students from across Tamil Nadu. “I wanted to pursue MBBS. With that in mind, I prepared with whatever resources available to me,” she said. Her father Murali Krishnan is a casual labourer in a flour mill in Porur. Her mother is a homemaker.
Each of the students was assigned a medico-mentor (first year or second year MBBS student. “The mentoring gave me the confidence to face the exam. The MBBS students were helpful and they spent whatever free time they got to clarify our doubts,” Surya Lakshmi said.
She studied at Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Porur and scored 511 out of 600 marks in the Class XII board exams. After appearing for NEET, she said she could have done better had she studied the NCERT syllabus. “The questions were exactly how they are in NCERT books. The residential coaching programme has helped me. With better preparation, I would have scored better,” she said.
Due to server issues, many from the batch could not access the NEET results; there could be more students who cleared the entrance.
TNN | Jun 6, 2019, 04.46 AM IST
CHENNAI: A daily labourer’s daughter who studied in a government school has cleared NEET, thanks to Kilpauk Medical College (KMC) Alumni Association. SM Surya Lakshmi’s score of 368 out of 720 marks may not be enough to win her an MBBS seat, but that she could achieve it with just two months’ preparation gives hope to many.
Lakshmi had never seen an NCERT book till she attended mentoring by KMC students. The alumni association funded the 40-day residential programme for 86 government school students from across Tamil Nadu. “I wanted to pursue MBBS. With that in mind, I prepared with whatever resources available to me,” she said. Her father Murali Krishnan is a casual labourer in a flour mill in Porur. Her mother is a homemaker.
Each of the students was assigned a medico-mentor (first year or second year MBBS student. “The mentoring gave me the confidence to face the exam. The MBBS students were helpful and they spent whatever free time they got to clarify our doubts,” Surya Lakshmi said.
She studied at Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Porur and scored 511 out of 600 marks in the Class XII board exams. After appearing for NEET, she said she could have done better had she studied the NCERT syllabus. “The questions were exactly how they are in NCERT books. The residential coaching programme has helped me. With better preparation, I would have scored better,” she said.
Due to server issues, many from the batch could not access the NEET results; there could be more students who cleared the entrance.
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