Stating that Tamil Nadu was unlikely to be exempted from the National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test (NEET) for medical admissions this year, S. Manova Raja, motivational speaker and Chief Executive Officer of Fragrhen Academy, advised the students and parents not to be scared of the exam.
“Irrespective of the stand one might take on the necessity of NEET, it appears that the exam is here to stay,” he said, while speaking on medical admissions at The Hindu EDGE Career Counselling for Plus Two completed students here on Friday.
Arguing that NEET was advantageous in various ways, he said that medical aspirants had to take as much as 26 different entrance exams if they were aiming for admission to colleges across the country until the introduction of NEET.
“Now there are just three. NEET and two exams conducted for admissions to All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research,” he said.
Allaying fears that the State board syllabus in Tamil Nadu was inadequate for NEET, he said that the higher secondary syllabus in Tamil Nadu was almost as tough as the syllabus for NEET.
“The problem is most of the schools do not focus or skip Plus One syllabus here. But around 44 % of NEET questions will be from Plus One. Hence, the students can no more avoid Plus One syllabus” he said.
He said that if the students and schools avoided rote learning methods and focussed on understanding the concepts, students from Tamil Nadu could do well in NEET exams.
Highlighting that NEET exam required remembering a lot of details like scientific names and formulae, Mr. Raja urged the students to make use of vast amount of learning materials available in the internet that helped with preparation techniques.
