Age no bar: Upper age limit for NEET removed in 2021

Age no bar: Upper age limit for NEET removed in 2021 

Pradeep Kumar Singh and his son discussed the ways to address the issue. “My son is good in biology while I am good in physics and chemistry. We decided to teach these subjects for free. At present, we teach a couple of students, whose parents work as MNREGA workers, at my home. 

However, there was a trust deficit. How could I teach others without taking the exam myself?” he said. In 2021, the National Testing Agency and the National Medical Council took the decision of removing the upper age limit for NEET. “So, I prepared for NEET at very short notice.

 I began studying in February for the July exam. I studied hard and obtained 98. 98 percentile. Now I can instil confidence in students who come to me and my son for coaching,” he said. 5k more students pass this year The results showed that more students from Gujarat have passed NEET-UG 2022 compared to the previous year's exams. As many as 79,228 students had registered for NEETUG 2021, and 64,791 students had taken the exam. 

Of these, 36,398 students cleared the test. Sources said that the number of students who had taken last year's exam was almost the same, but this year, 5,503 more students cleared the exam. 

When results for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) flashed online on Wednesday night, Pradeep Kumar Singh realized he could finally take a step towards his long-cherished dream. 

Despite having left active studies nearly three decades ago, the 52-year-old businessman from Bodakdev scored 607  out of 720 marks.It is normal to assume that his ambition is to don the ‘white coat’ but what he truly wants is to offer free coaching to poor students so that they can crack NEET and go on to become doctors. “At the age of 52, I secured 98.98 percentile.

 I have no intention of joining a medical college, but I want to start a free NEET coaching centre for poor students,” said Singh.He had the full support of his son Bijin Snehansh, a thirdyear MBBS student at NHL Medical College in Ellisbridge, in this endeavour.Singh had secured 71% marks in Class 12 science exam held in Delhi in 1987. He then got his Bachelor’s in Arts (Economics) from Delhi University and completed his Master’s in Business Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. “I did jobs for various business journals initially. Later, I shifted my trade to business to business (B2B) platforms,” said Singh. In 2019, Bijin Snehansh appeared for NEET and secured 595 marks. “When my son began preparing for NEET, I took an interest in it to provide him support. I realized that coaching institutes charged hefty fees, and this put them out of the reach of poor aspirants,” said Singh.