4 govt school kids score above 500 in NEET

4 govt school kids score above 500 in NEET

Students Scoring Above 300 Double This Year

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:18.10.2020

For the first time in the last three years, four students from government and government-aided schools trained by the state-sponsored coaching programme have scored above 500 marks in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). Vasuki from Coimbatore has scored 571 marks out of 720. Sakthevel R and S Naveenkumar St Joseph Higher Secondary School in Chengalpattu scored 552 and 527 marks respectively. Harish from Kovipatti scored 502 marks out of 720. All the students prepared with the help of an online test series by the school education department along with a private company.

The online coaching contained four hours of video lectures and four hours of practice tests everyday. Shathevel R said the revised textbooks and teaching at the school helped him to get high marks in NEET this year. "The online lectures have helped me to prepare the test during the lockdown," he said. Usually, the state board students would find the NEET questions tough. "Since most of the questions were covered by the new textbooks, I found the question paper easy," Shathevel said. His father V Rajendran is as a police constable at Thirukazhukundram police station and his mother Gowri is a housewife.

S Naveenkumar said he prepared with the help of an online test series. "Besides the online test series, I prepared with NCERT textbooks," he said. He started preparation only after his board exams were over and was happy to get 527 marks. His father Sundaramoorthy is a machine operator and mother Dhanalakshmi a housewife.

The number of students getting above 300 marks have also increased by two fold from 32 students last year to 89 this year. Fifteen students have scored between 400 and 500 marks this year.

Kilpauk Medical College Alumni Association has trained differently-abled students from government school this year. Of the 20 students trained and mentored by the association, three have qualified in the exam and are likely to get a medical seat.

N N Dharshana scored 157. "Since I studied in Tamil medium it was difficult for me to get preparation books in Tamil. There weren't many options as in English but I managed and was honestly surprised when the results came, " she said. Dharshana's father is a daily wager and mother a homemaker. "I'm the first in my family who wants to do MBBS. My parents were a bit hesitant at the beginning due to economic reasons, but if I don't get through counselling this year I'll apply next year. I'll keep giving it my best," she said.