Thursday, June 6, 2019

NEET: Tamil Nadu students fare better this year

TNN | Jun 5, 2019, 03.36 PM IST

CHENNAI: The performance of Tamil Nadu students in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) increased remarkably this year as nearly 49% of the students who appeared for the entrance test qualified to study medicine.

Out of 1,23,078 candidates appeared for the exam, 59,785 students qualified (48.57%), which is an increase of 10% compared to last year. Last year, out of 1,14,602 students who appeared for the test, 45,336 of them cleared it (39.55%).

At all India level, Nalin Khadelwal secured the top rank by score 701 out of 720 marks.

No student from the state featured among the top 50 candidates. Tamil Nadu student Shruthi K secured the 57th rank by scoring 685.

Among the differently abled candidates, Karvanna Prabu KK from Tamil Nadu scored 572.

Apart from Hindi, 1.34 lakh candidates took the test in regional languages including Tamil this year. Of them 8.86% qualified in the exam. Of 31,239 candidates who appeared for the exam in Tamil language only 2% have qualified. In Hindi and Gujarati languages, 11.84% and 3.91% of students have qualified in the exam.

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