TN makes peace with NEET; 59,000 students clear test
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:06.06.2019
Exorcising the NEET ghost, MBBS-aspirants from Tamil Nadu cleared the national test in big numbers on Wednesday, notching up scores much higher than the last two years. Nearly 1.2 lakh TN students wrote NEET and 59,785 cleared the test. As a result, the cut-offs for admission under all categories in government as well as self-financing medical colleges are bound to go up by more than 30 marks this year.
There are 5,499 students in the 400-500 mark bracket this year, while just 1,573 students made it to the category last year. The 22 government medical colleges and 13 self-financing colleges in the state together have about 4,130 MBBS seats on offer this year. There are nearly 2,000 more seats in the 10 deemed universities, but centralised online admission is done by the director-general of health services in Delhi.
Even as feeble political noise calling for abolition of NEET for MBBS admissions in the state persists, the student community has sent a strong signal by applying as well as qualifying in larger numbers than last year, and also performing better. The state’s pass rate, however, is low compared to other NEET-active states such as Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra.
Raj boy tops test scoring 701/720
Nalin Khandelwal of Rajasthan topped the National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test, scoring 701out of 720 marks. More than 14 lakh candidates took the exam across the country, conducted for the first time by National Testing Agency. Nearly 8 lakh candidates qualified for around 60,000 MBBS/BDS seats.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:06.06.2019
Exorcising the NEET ghost, MBBS-aspirants from Tamil Nadu cleared the national test in big numbers on Wednesday, notching up scores much higher than the last two years. Nearly 1.2 lakh TN students wrote NEET and 59,785 cleared the test. As a result, the cut-offs for admission under all categories in government as well as self-financing medical colleges are bound to go up by more than 30 marks this year.
There are 5,499 students in the 400-500 mark bracket this year, while just 1,573 students made it to the category last year. The 22 government medical colleges and 13 self-financing colleges in the state together have about 4,130 MBBS seats on offer this year. There are nearly 2,000 more seats in the 10 deemed universities, but centralised online admission is done by the director-general of health services in Delhi.
Even as feeble political noise calling for abolition of NEET for MBBS admissions in the state persists, the student community has sent a strong signal by applying as well as qualifying in larger numbers than last year, and also performing better. The state’s pass rate, however, is low compared to other NEET-active states such as Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra.
Raj boy tops test scoring 701/720
Nalin Khandelwal of Rajasthan topped the National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test, scoring 701out of 720 marks. More than 14 lakh candidates took the exam across the country, conducted for the first time by National Testing Agency. Nearly 8 lakh candidates qualified for around 60,000 MBBS/BDS seats.
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