NEET 2020 Results: Up to 190 students belonging to the SC and ST categories studying in various Telangana tribal and social welfare residential schools fought their way out of poverty and social backwardness to secure ranks on the National Entrance and Eligibility Test (NEET) for courses in undergraduate, results of which were declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday.
According to official figures, up to 162 SC students belonging to institutions run by the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Society (TSWREI) occupied ranks in the NEET. Of those, 102 are likely to be admitted to medical schools and the remaining 60 are expected to enter dental schools, based on the previous year’s cutoff mark.
Similarly, 48 ST students from universities run by the Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TTWREIS) also earned ranks on the NEET. Of these, 30 students are expected to get seats in MBBS courses and others in Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) courses.
Dr. RS Praveen Kumar, a senior IPS official who runs these tribal welfare and social welfare institutions, said that having come from the poorest sections of society is a great achievement for these students. “Her parents come from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds, making their living as beedi workers, small farmers, agricultural workers, roadside tea vendors, vegetable vendors, car drivers, servants, vigilantes and laborers, etc. ”, he pointed out.
He congratulated the former and said all credit goes to teachers for their hard work and for going the extra mile to meet the aspirations of disadvantaged students.
For example, Dejavath Girija, a tribal girl from a remote village in the Wanaparthy district, ranked 85th on All India in the ST category and is likely to be admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
“I have no words to describe my happiness. It has been my dream to be a doctor since my school days and it has come true today. My parents live in a tribal village and fight day after day to make a living as workers. I received intensive long-term training for NEET under the Operation Emerald program. I want to become a cardiac surgeon and make a difference in the lives of poor people, ”Girija said.
G Abhilash, who was ranked 168th in the whole of India in the SC category, said that his parents were the happiest people to see me as a doctor. “I have free training under Operation Blue Crystal’s long-term NEET training program and I am grateful to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for the same,” he said.
Abhilash was infected with Covid-19, a few days before NEET. But that didn’t dampen her spirits. “I continued my studies in days of self-quarantine and was successful,” he said.
Dr Kumar said that under the government’s KG-PG mission, Tribal and Social Welfare students have maintained a winning streak with a quantum leap in moving nondescript tribal villages / hamlets to the country’s top medical colleges, a sign of socioeconomic progress in the country. Telangana state.
He thanked the State Minister of Social Welfare, Koppula Eshwar, and the Minister of Tribal Welfare, Satyavati Rathod, for their constant support of the students and helping them achieve success in NEET.
The Minister of State for Information Technology, KT Rama Rao, congratulated the students from the Tribal Welfare and Social Welfare Institutions for their outstanding performance at NEET.
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