NEET 2022 LIVE Updates: Competition to Rise, Security Features to be Added in Medical Entrance
NEET 2022: Know new rank calculation formula
In NEET 2020, the age factor was used to decide the all-India topper as two students, Odisha’s Soyeb Aftab and Uttar Pradesh’s Akanksha Singh both scored 720 out of 720. Soyeb was given all India rank 1 as he was elder than Akansha, however, this policy will not be considered from this year on. This year, students getting higher marks or percentile scores in Biology subject will be given preference, followed by higher marks in Chemistry and if a tie still remains then the candidate with less proportion of attempted incorrect answers in all the subjects will be favored.
NEET 2022: Know what is percentile score
Students get a percentile score every year in the medical entrance — NEET. This is not the raw marks obtained by students. The percentile is a relative marking system. The cut-off score depends upon a number of factors including the number of students who took the exam, the total seats available, and the difficulty level of the exam. More than 16 lakh register for the exams every year. This year, the upper age limit has been eliminated.
NEET 2022: Why Tamil Nadu govt wants to abolish exam
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin wants to abolish NEET and urged the Union govt to exempt the state from the medical entrance. He also said that admissions to medical colleges be done using class `12 marks. “The admission policy of Tamil Nadu plays an important role in our health infrastructure and to protect this, we are continuously demanding that the state be exempted from NEET. I appeal to the Union Government to consider our request favourably,” Stalin had said.
NEET 2022: How CBSE, CISCE, state boards perform at medical entrance?
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is usually the top-performing board in NEET. However, in 2021, it was AMU. Meanwhile, a total of 66.5 per cent of students who cleared the medical entrance exam last year are from state boards. CBSE accounts for only 39 per cent of the top two lakh students in the medical entrance test. Here’s a look at the boards and their pass percentages in NEET:
AMU – 84.6%
CBSE – 73.9%
CISCE – 71.7%
APBIE – 64.5%
TSBIE – 63.1%
Rajasthan Board- 61.8%
Gujarat Board – 58.2%
JKBoSE – 56.5%
West Bengal Board – 55%
Haryana Board – 54.8%
NEET 2022: NTA offers free coaching services for medical entrance aspirants
The NEET 2022 aspirants can access the free coaching services by NTA by visiting the official website — nta.ac.in. The agency provides free lectures and videos by various prominent professors that can help students in better preparation. Any student can access these free lectures and mock test series available on the NTA website.
NEET 2022: Will medical entrance be held twice?
The Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health had last year discussed conducting the medical entrance exam twice a year. This will give students an extra chance at NEET. The demand to conduct NEET twice a year got stronger after several suicides of medical aspirants were reported last year due to performance pressure. Besides, the JEE Main, which is the engineering entrance will be conducted two times this year. A final decision, however, is awaited.
NEET 2022: New security feature in registration process
The National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts NEET, is likely to bring several changes in the registration process of the medical entrance exam. It will likely add an extra layer of security. This will include a two-step verification and live image checking, among many others. Currently, for the engineering entrance registrations, NTA has added an extra layer of authentication to the application process to ensure students applying are genuine candidates and can be traced back. From this year on, when candidates register, they will receive an OTP at their registered mobile number, which they will have to enter before filling out the form. Further, before submitting the fees, they will have to enter another OTP that they received at their registered e-mail address. A similar facility is likely to be followed for NEET 2022 as well.
