NEET: 507 students with Zero marks got seats

New Delhi, July 17: Nowadays, Getting admission into a medical college has never been easy. Under the current NEET system, over 500 students with marks either in single digit or zero and negative in physics and chemistry were able to get admission into MBBS colleges in 2017.

In a shocking report that has come to light, it was found that 530 students secured single-digit marks, zero or negative scores in physics and chemistry or both. Out of the 530, 507 candidates were admitted into private medical colleges.

For example, a candidate scored -2 in physics, -4 in chemistry and 139 in biology, secured a rank above 5.3 lakh, but still got admission into a medical college. Over 6.1 lakh students had qualified for CBSE NEET last year.



A major reason for students getting admission in medical colleges, despite their poor marks, is the revised NEET notification issued by the Medical Council of India (MCI) that does not make it mandatory for candidates to score minimum 50 per cent marks (or 40 per cent in case of reserved category) in individual subjects.

Among the number of students analysed in the report, a total of 1,990 candidates, who got admission in medical colleges based on their NEET score, scored just 150 out of 720 marks (20.8 per cent) in 2017, while there were 530 students who either scored zero or negative or single digit marks in individual subjects, and still got admission into medical college. Interestingly, 507 out of these 530 students got admission into private medical colleges.