T.N students crack NEET code, 49% of the candidates qualify
NEW DELHI, JUNE 06, 2019 00:00 IST
Nalin Khandelwal of Rajasthan emerges the all-India topper with 701 out of 720
After fighting tooth and nail against the introduction of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate medical and dental courses, Tamil Nadu has seen a quantum jump in the performance of its students in 2019.
Almost half the applicants (48.57%) from the State have qualified, up from just 39.56% last year. However, this was still lower than the national qualifying percentage of 56.5%.
Overall, almost eight lakh students have qualified for counselling, said the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducted the examination and released the results on Wednesday.
Delhi tops numbers
The highest qualifying percentage was recorded in Delhi, where almost 80% of the applicants qualified.
The Tamil Nadu government had objected to the introduction of NEET from 2012 and fought an extended but unsuccessful legal battle to keep the State out of the purview of the all-India exam. Concerns about State autonomy and the ability of rural students to match NEET standards fuelled its opposition.
The death of S. Anitha, the daughter of a Scheduled Caste daily wage labourer from Ariyalur district, in 2017 after she failed to qualify in NEET, focussed public anger against the examination.
Anitha, who scored 1,176 out of 1,200 marks in her State Board examinations, only managed 86 out of 720 marks in the NEET as she could not afford the expensive coaching required.
Dashed hopes
With the Supreme Court turning down her plea that her State Board marks be considered for medical admission, she took her own life, her dreams of becoming a doctor dashed.
Over the last year, the State government has conducted free special coaching classes to help State board students, especially from the rural areas, to meet the standards of NEET. Out of 1.2 lakh students from the State who attempted the exam this year, almost 60,000 have qualified.
Puducherry also saw a similar improvement in its qualifying rates this year.
The only large State that saw a major drop in performance was Rajasthan. Its qualifying percentage dropped from 74.3% to 69.6%. However, the all-India topper Nalin Khandelwal hails from the Sikar district of the State and studied at a coaching centre in Jaipur.
NEW DELHI, JUNE 06, 2019 00:00 IST
Nalin Khandelwal of Rajasthan emerges the all-India topper with 701 out of 720
After fighting tooth and nail against the introduction of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate medical and dental courses, Tamil Nadu has seen a quantum jump in the performance of its students in 2019.
Almost half the applicants (48.57%) from the State have qualified, up from just 39.56% last year. However, this was still lower than the national qualifying percentage of 56.5%.
Overall, almost eight lakh students have qualified for counselling, said the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducted the examination and released the results on Wednesday.
Delhi tops numbers
The highest qualifying percentage was recorded in Delhi, where almost 80% of the applicants qualified.
The Tamil Nadu government had objected to the introduction of NEET from 2012 and fought an extended but unsuccessful legal battle to keep the State out of the purview of the all-India exam. Concerns about State autonomy and the ability of rural students to match NEET standards fuelled its opposition.
The death of S. Anitha, the daughter of a Scheduled Caste daily wage labourer from Ariyalur district, in 2017 after she failed to qualify in NEET, focussed public anger against the examination.
Anitha, who scored 1,176 out of 1,200 marks in her State Board examinations, only managed 86 out of 720 marks in the NEET as she could not afford the expensive coaching required.
Dashed hopes
With the Supreme Court turning down her plea that her State Board marks be considered for medical admission, she took her own life, her dreams of becoming a doctor dashed.
Over the last year, the State government has conducted free special coaching classes to help State board students, especially from the rural areas, to meet the standards of NEET. Out of 1.2 lakh students from the State who attempted the exam this year, almost 60,000 have qualified.
Puducherry also saw a similar improvement in its qualifying rates this year.
The only large State that saw a major drop in performance was Rajasthan. Its qualifying percentage dropped from 74.3% to 69.6%. However, the all-India topper Nalin Khandelwal hails from the Sikar district of the State and studied at a coaching centre in Jaipur.
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