The cuts increase; over 57% qualify from Tamil Nadu.
Akanksha Singh from Delhi and Soyeb Aftab from Odisha scored an unprecedented 100% on the NEET exam, and Mr. Aftab was ranked number one in all of India according to the tiebreaker policy as he is the oldest student. This is the first time a perfect NEET score has been achieved, according to the National Testing Agency conducting the exam.
They topped the list of students over 7.7 lakh who qualified for medical and dental counseling on the National Income and Eligibility Test (NEET) this year. With the COVID-19 pandemic causing disruptions and delays, only 13.6 lakh of students attempted the exam this year, despite having two opportunities to do so. This is lower than last year’s 14.1 lakh candidates, although this year’s original records were actually higher.
The cut-off points were higher across the board, and students in the general category faced a cut-off score of 147, higher than last year’s 134. For students in the general category of the economically most economical sections weak, the limit is 129, while all other reserved categories are students had a limit of 113.
Among the states, the highest rating percentages were found in Chandigarh and Delhi (both above 75%) and Haryana (almost 73%).
Tamil Nadu continued to see significant improvements in performance, with a rating percentage of over 57%. This is a jump from 48.6% last year and a huge increase from 2018, when it had one of the lowest rating percentages of 39.6%. Although the Tamil Nadu government has vigorously opposed the introduction of the NEET and fought a long losing battle against it in court, it has also conducted special free training classes to help state board students meet the standards. of the exam.
Andhra Pradesh, on the other hand, saw its rating rates drop from nearly 71% last year to less than 59% this year.
There were four women in the top ten of the entire Indian ranking list, but only 13 in the top 50. Although male candidates continued to dominate the top spots, almost 4.3 lakhs of women qualified for counseling, compared to 3.4 lakh for men.
This is the first time that admissions to MBBS courses at elite institutions like AIIMS and JIPMER will also be done through NEET, following an amendment in the National Medical Commission Act last year.
Due to COVID-19, the exam that was originally supposed to take place in May has been postponed to September. Since students who tested positive for COVID or who lived in containment zones were not allowed to take the test at that time, they were given another chance in October. Masks, disinfectants and social distancing were mandatory elements of the exam experience for aspiring physicians this year.
NEET results are now available at ntaresults.nic.in.
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