Some students secured med seats with just 96 in NEET 2018
Nearly 250 Marks Less Than Govt Quota Cutoff
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:21.06.2019
It wasn’t just deemed universities in the state which admitted students who barely scraped through NEET in 2018. The state selection committee too offered seats to candidates with scores as low as 96 under the “management quota” in selffinancing colleges – nearly 250 marks less than the government quota cutoff.
Even students with negative scores in either physics, chemistry or biology were admitted. “The government should ensure students at least pass in each subject. It is a mockery of merit when they insist on NEET and let students with such low scores join medicine,” said Karthik S, who appeared for NEET for the second time this year.
This year, with crowding at the top, cutoffs in almost all categories — except management quota seats and deemed universities — are likely to increase. “Because the fee is high many students may not opt for it,” he said.
Self-financing medical colleges are those affiliated to the state medical university. Among them non-minority colleges surrender seats 50% of seats and minority colleges share 35% to the state government quota. For the remaining seats, admission is done by the selection committee which offers seats to domicile candidates, whose mother tongue is either Telugu or Malayalam.
“While merit is given priority in NEET, we apply the 69% rule of reservation for all government quota seats,” said state selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan. “When it comes to management quota, one college offers seats for Malayalam speakers and a few other do so for Telugu speakers. The seats are offered based on a rank list generated for these candidates, but since the fee is higher for management quota many candidates do not take it up,” he said.
This year, the fee for a management quota seat is ₹12.50 lakh compared to ₹3.85 lakh-₹4 lakh for government quota seat. The course fee in most deemed universities is close to ₹1 crore. “Some students prefer the less expensive dental courses or they forego the option for the year,” he said.
Since NEET allows students to appear any number of times, up to the age of 25 years, many students prefer to take a break year in the hope they can better scores. Nearly 60% of those who wrote NEET this year are repeat students. “Some wrote it for the third consecutive year because they can’t afford fee in private colleges or deemed universities,” said Lakshminarayanan A, a high school teacher who trains students for NEET.
Nearly 250 Marks Less Than Govt Quota Cutoff
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:21.06.2019
It wasn’t just deemed universities in the state which admitted students who barely scraped through NEET in 2018. The state selection committee too offered seats to candidates with scores as low as 96 under the “management quota” in selffinancing colleges – nearly 250 marks less than the government quota cutoff.
Even students with negative scores in either physics, chemistry or biology were admitted. “The government should ensure students at least pass in each subject. It is a mockery of merit when they insist on NEET and let students with such low scores join medicine,” said Karthik S, who appeared for NEET for the second time this year.
This year, with crowding at the top, cutoffs in almost all categories — except management quota seats and deemed universities — are likely to increase. “Because the fee is high many students may not opt for it,” he said.
Self-financing medical colleges are those affiliated to the state medical university. Among them non-minority colleges surrender seats 50% of seats and minority colleges share 35% to the state government quota. For the remaining seats, admission is done by the selection committee which offers seats to domicile candidates, whose mother tongue is either Telugu or Malayalam.
“While merit is given priority in NEET, we apply the 69% rule of reservation for all government quota seats,” said state selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan. “When it comes to management quota, one college offers seats for Malayalam speakers and a few other do so for Telugu speakers. The seats are offered based on a rank list generated for these candidates, but since the fee is higher for management quota many candidates do not take it up,” he said.
This year, the fee for a management quota seat is ₹12.50 lakh compared to ₹3.85 lakh-₹4 lakh for government quota seat. The course fee in most deemed universities is close to ₹1 crore. “Some students prefer the less expensive dental courses or they forego the option for the year,” he said.
Since NEET allows students to appear any number of times, up to the age of 25 years, many students prefer to take a break year in the hope they can better scores. Nearly 60% of those who wrote NEET this year are repeat students. “Some wrote it for the third consecutive year because they can’t afford fee in private colleges or deemed universities,” said Lakshminarayanan A, a high school teacher who trains students for NEET.
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