{"id":301513,"date":"2024-06-21T21:04:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T15:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=301513"},"modified":"2024-06-21T21:04:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T15:34:53","slug":"ongoing-issues-with-the-neet-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ongoing-issues-with-the-neet-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Ongoing issues with the NEET exam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: The post ongoing issues with the NEET exam has been created, based on the article \u201cNEET-NET crisis: The reason behind India\u2019s failing exam system<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cIndian express<\/strong>\u201d on 21st June 2024<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic: <\/strong>GS Paper2-Governance-Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector\/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.<\/p>\n

Context<\/strong>: The article discusses the ongoing issues with the NEET exam in India, including cheating scandals, a lack of transparency, and its negative impact on rural and poorer students. It suggests that the root problem is poor school education quality and calls for a policy overhaul to address these issues.<\/p>\n

For detailed information on NEET Controversy<\/strong> read this article here<\/a><\/p>\n

What are the problems with NEET?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Paper Leaks:<\/strong> NEET exams have been marred by repeated paper leaks over the years, undermining the exam’s credibility.<\/li>\n
  2. Incorrect Results:<\/strong> Mismanagement in result declaration has led to incorrect outcomes, causing distress among aspirants.<\/li>\n
  3. Unusual Scoring Patterns:<\/strong> This year, 67 students scored perfect marks, a significant increase from the usual two or three, raising suspicions of irregularities.<\/li>\n
  4. Grace Marks Issues:<\/strong> Over 1,560 students received grace marks for unclear reasons, adding to the transparency issues.<\/li>\n
  5. Loss of Trust:<\/strong> These issues have significantly eroded trust in the National Testing Agency (NTA), responsible for conducting NEET.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Why was NEET introduced?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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    1. Standardizing Entry-Level Competence:<\/strong> It aimed to ensure that all medical college entrants had a solid understanding of basic sciences like Chemistry, Physics, and Biology.<\/li>\n
    2. Reducing Multiple Exams:<\/strong> Prior to NEET, students faced around 46 different entrance exams, which was cumbersome and stressful.<\/li>\n
    3. Eliminating Capitation Fees:<\/strong> NEET intended to remove the high fees charged by private medical colleges for admissions, which were often not based on merit but on the ability to pay.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      How has NEET affected the education system?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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      1. NEET has led to a significant bias in the education system, favoring students from CBSE<\/strong> backgrounds because the NEET syllabus is more aligned with the CBSE curriculum, disadvantaging students from state boards.<\/li>\n
      2. Due to this imbalance, students from state boards are often compelled to undertake extra coaching to compete effectively, contributing to the growth of a coaching industry<\/strong> valued at Rs 58,000 crore, expanding at a rate of 15% annually.<\/li>\n
      3. Specifically, in Tamil Nadu, the introduction of NEET has adversely affected rural<\/strong> and Tamil(state)-medium students.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        What has been Tamil Nadu’s response to NEET?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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        1. Tamil Nadu has always opposed NEET, favoring its policy of linking medical college admissions to high school performance.<\/li>\n
        2. In 2021, Tamil Nadu formed the Expert Committee led by Justice A K Rajan to assess the impact of NEET.<\/li>\n
        3. The Rajan Committee found that admissions of Tamil-medium students dropped from an average of 15% to between 1.6% and 3.2% from 2017 to 2021.<\/li>\n
        4. Admissions of rural students to government medical colleges decreased from 62% to 50%.<\/li>\n
        5. Tamil Nadu’s public health system relies on rural students who are willing to work in primary health centers, unlike urban students who often seek careers in corporate hospitals or abroad.<\/li>\n
        6. The state government passed a law to scrap NEET, but it was blocked by the Governor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          What should be done?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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          1. Revamp NEET with input from all stakeholders.<\/li>\n
          2. Consider decentralizing exams to states or universities.<\/li>\n
          3. Possibly reintroduce a six-year MBBS degree with a pre-medical year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            4.Establish regional boards or centralize only qualifying exams for practicing outside the state.<\/p>\n

            Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

            Examine the controversies surrounding NEET in India, including issues with paper leaks, result inaccuracies, and its impact on rural and poorer students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Source: The post ongoing issues with the NEET exam has been created, based on the article \u201cNEET-NET crisis: The reason behind India\u2019s failing exam system\u201d published in \u201cIndian express\u201d on 21st June 2024 UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper2-Governance-Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector\/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Context: The article… Continue reading Ongoing issues with the NEET exam<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,162],"tags":[300,212,10500],"class_list":["post-301513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-polity-governance","tag-governance","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}