Chennai: Founder leader of Tamil Nadu-based political party- Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) Dr Ramadoss regarding the NEET examination malpractice has said that a student who scored 705 out of 720 (98%) in the NEET examination for medical studies in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, failed to pass the 12th class public examination conducted by the state examination board twice.
PMK leader alleges NEET scam
“The student from Gujarat who passed the NEET exam with 98% marks, could not even score 33 marks in the very easy 12th class exam, it’s the classic example that exposed the malpractices in the NEET exam,” Ramadoss said in a statement without revealing the identity of the student.
12-ஆம் வகுப்புத் தேர்வை இருமுறை எழுதியும் வெல்லமுடியாத மாணவி நீட் தேர்வில் 98% மதிப்பெண் பெற்றது எப்படி?
நம்பகத்தன்மையற்ற நீட் தேர்வை ரத்து செய்ய வேண்டும்!குஜராத் மாநிலம் அகமதாபாத்தில் , மருத்துவப் படிப்புக்கான நீட் தேர்வில் 720-க்கு 705 (98%) மதிப்பெண் பெற்று வெற்றி பெற்ற…
— Dr S RAMADOSS (@drramadoss) August 2, 2024
The Gujarat student allegedly didn’t pass the easy exam
The said student failed the Class 12 general examination conducted by the Gujarat State Board of Education last March, scoring 31 marks in Chemistry and 21 in Physics. Subsequently, the student re-wrote the supplementary exams conducted last month and passed with exactly 33 marks in Chemistry. However, the student, who scored only 22 marks in Physics, failed again for the second time. Comparatively, NEET is considered tougher than the state syllabus exams. But that student who secured 98% marks in the tough NEET exam. With this, one can understand that a student who could not even score 33 marks in the very easy 12th exam, secured 98% in NEET, the level of malpractices in NEET, Ramadoss said.
He highlighted that this incident has confirmed the allegations of many irregularities in the NEET exam including question paper leakage and copying. This has further undermined the credibility of the NEET exam.
“NEET system should be abolished”
Demanding the central government to abolish the NEET, the PMK leader said “For many years, the Pattali Makkal Party has been insisting that the NEET exam is not a valid benchmark to measure the ability of students and only helps to create coaching centers and earn crores of money. It is proven again by this incident. Therefore, I urged the central government to cancel the unreliable NEET exam and conduct admissions of medical students based on the 12th general examination marks.”
