NEET Percentile system- An eye wash or real test of merit?
Tuesday - July 17, 2018 5:45 pm ,
Category : WTN SPECIAL
- Percentile system replaced percentage system in NEET in 2106
- New system of percentile has drastically reduced the cut-off for NEET qualification
- In 2018 the cut-off has to as low as 16.5% to 13.3% depending of category
WTN- Percentile system replaced percentage system in NEET in 2106 for qualification to take admission in MBBS . Cut-off of 50% marks for general and 40% marks for reserved category was changed to of 50 percentile for general and 40 percentile for reserved category ( SC/ST/OBC) candidates (45 percentile for general for handicapped general).
New system of percentile has drastically reduced the cut-off for NEET qualification, giving a beating to merit. Before 2016, any general candidate to qualify for NEET need to have 50% of 720 i.e 360 marks and for reserved category candidates 40% i.e 288 marks.
In 2018, The NEET results this year revealed that the cut-off to qualify for a medical seat has been decreased from 131 in 2017 to 119 this year for students belonging to the unreserved category. It also decreased from 107 to 96 for students belonging to the reserved categories. So, ac candidate who qualifies NEET scores only 16.5 % for general category and candidate belonging to unreserved category needs only 13.3% to qualify.
So earlier which was 50% of total marks to qualify NEET is now reduced to nearly 16.5 % for for general category and 13.33% for reserved category. . It’s just too low and compromises the real merit for becoming a doctor.
In order to be declared as having passed class 12th examination, a candidate has to obtain at least 33% marks. In order to qualify to become a doctor, a candidate has to get only 16.5% to 13.3% depending of category.
It’s indeed ironical that competitive entrance exams give easy pass to candidates with such low percentage of marks.
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- New system of percentile has drastically reduced the cut-off for NEET qualification
- In 2018 the cut-off has to as low as 16.5% to 13.3% depending of category
WTN- Percentile system replaced percentage system in NEET in 2106 for qualification to take admission in MBBS . Cut-off of 50% marks for general and 40% marks for reserved category was changed to of 50 percentile for general and 40 percentile for reserved category ( SC/ST/OBC) candidates (45 percentile for general for handicapped general).
New system of percentile has drastically reduced the cut-off for NEET qualification, giving a beating to merit. Before 2016, any general candidate to qualify for NEET need to have 50% of 720 i.e 360 marks and for reserved category candidates 40% i.e 288 marks.
In 2018, The NEET results this year revealed that the cut-off to qualify for a medical seat has been decreased from 131 in 2017 to 119 this year for students belonging to the unreserved category. It also decreased from 107 to 96 for students belonging to the reserved categories. So, ac candidate who qualifies NEET scores only 16.5 % for general category and candidate belonging to unreserved category needs only 13.3% to qualify.
So earlier which was 50% of total marks to qualify NEET is now reduced to nearly 16.5 % for for general category and 13.33% for reserved category. . It’s just too low and compromises the real merit for becoming a doctor.
In order to be declared as having passed class 12th examination, a candidate has to obtain at least 33% marks. In order to qualify to become a doctor, a candidate has to get only 16.5% to 13.3% depending of category.
It’s indeed ironical that competitive entrance exams give easy pass to candidates with such low percentage of marks.
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