Fewer govt school students get through
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 17.10.2019
Government school students are not cracking NEET and bagging medical seats as much as they did three years ago.
From 34 students in 2016, the number of government school students joining medical colleges has plummeted to 2 this year. On the flipside, the number of CBSE students has risen from 35 in 2016 to 1,368 in 2019.
NEET was made mandatory for MBBS admissions in Tamil Nadu from 2017. Prior to that, admissions to medical colleges in Tamil Nadu were based on marks obtained in Class XII.
“Even the two students who cracked NEET were repeaters and not current batch students,” a source said.
After introduction of NEET for medical admissions in Tamil Nadu, only seven students from government schools joined MBBS in 2017, while five joined in 2018, according to the Directorate of Medical Education. So far, only 14 students from government schools have aced NEET in last three years.
“Unless there is a separate quota for government school students, they cannot enter into the medical colleges,” said Dr GR Ravindranath, general secretary, Doctors Association for Social Equality.
Some teachers believed that the NCERT syllabus-based NEET lends an unfair advantage to CBSE students. “Many state board students have not even seen NCERT books from which questions are asked in NEET,” a teacher said.
“There is a big gap in coaching facilities for government school students and those from other boards,” said P B Prince Gajendrababu of State Platform for Common School System, on prospects of government students cracking NEET.
Last year, 19,355 students were coached at state-run coaching centres.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 17.10.2019
Government school students are not cracking NEET and bagging medical seats as much as they did three years ago.
From 34 students in 2016, the number of government school students joining medical colleges has plummeted to 2 this year. On the flipside, the number of CBSE students has risen from 35 in 2016 to 1,368 in 2019.
NEET was made mandatory for MBBS admissions in Tamil Nadu from 2017. Prior to that, admissions to medical colleges in Tamil Nadu were based on marks obtained in Class XII.
“Even the two students who cracked NEET were repeaters and not current batch students,” a source said.
After introduction of NEET for medical admissions in Tamil Nadu, only seven students from government schools joined MBBS in 2017, while five joined in 2018, according to the Directorate of Medical Education. So far, only 14 students from government schools have aced NEET in last three years.
“Unless there is a separate quota for government school students, they cannot enter into the medical colleges,” said Dr GR Ravindranath, general secretary, Doctors Association for Social Equality.
Some teachers believed that the NCERT syllabus-based NEET lends an unfair advantage to CBSE students. “Many state board students have not even seen NCERT books from which questions are asked in NEET,” a teacher said.
“There is a big gap in coaching facilities for government school students and those from other boards,” said P B Prince Gajendrababu of State Platform for Common School System, on prospects of government students cracking NEET.
Last year, 19,355 students were coached at state-run coaching centres.
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