NEET merit list: Percentage of state board students declines
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:11.07.2019
The number of state board students appearing in the medical/dental rank list has come down by 16% since 2017, when NEET based admissions were first implemented.
Data from the state selection committee, which does the admissions for MBBS/ BDS seats in medical college affiliated to the TN Dr MGR Medical University, show a decline in state board students on rank list from 87% to 71%. In 2017, of the 27,212 candidates on the list 23,830 were from the state board and in 2019, of the 31,353 candidates on the list, 22,389 were from state board. On the other hand, there were 8,338 CBSE students in the 2019 rank list compared to 3,382 in 2017.
“Earlier, CBSE students had very little chance to enter medical colleges through the state counselling,” said K Senthil Kumar, who coaches students for NEET examinations. “Many first time students from CBSE and ICSE perform better than their counterparts in state board,” he said.
Before 2017, less than 10% of the students in medical schools were from CBSE or other boards. Many state board students say they are forced to take a break year to get trained for NEET. “Most state students in this generation haven’t faced competitive exams. Nevertheless, with syllabus change and concept based learning things are changing for state board students. We will see tough competition after about three years,” said a private school teacher R Seethalakshmi.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:11.07.2019
The number of state board students appearing in the medical/dental rank list has come down by 16% since 2017, when NEET based admissions were first implemented.
Data from the state selection committee, which does the admissions for MBBS/ BDS seats in medical college affiliated to the TN Dr MGR Medical University, show a decline in state board students on rank list from 87% to 71%. In 2017, of the 27,212 candidates on the list 23,830 were from the state board and in 2019, of the 31,353 candidates on the list, 22,389 were from state board. On the other hand, there were 8,338 CBSE students in the 2019 rank list compared to 3,382 in 2017.
“Earlier, CBSE students had very little chance to enter medical colleges through the state counselling,” said K Senthil Kumar, who coaches students for NEET examinations. “Many first time students from CBSE and ICSE perform better than their counterparts in state board,” he said.
Before 2017, less than 10% of the students in medical schools were from CBSE or other boards. Many state board students say they are forced to take a break year to get trained for NEET. “Most state students in this generation haven’t faced competitive exams. Nevertheless, with syllabus change and concept based learning things are changing for state board students. We will see tough competition after about three years,” said a private school teacher R Seethalakshmi.
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