to top 50 in NEET
Unlike the past five years, Telangana failed to make it to the top 50 in the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET). Also, following the announcement of NEET results, a majority of people along with aspirants raised concerns over the NEET anomalies.
According to Nayini Anurag Reddy, a netizen on Twitter stated that a few students have committed suicide following the announcement of NEET results. Majority of students felt the exam was a fraud. Unlike every year where a maximum of three students score 720/720, this time, a total of 67 students have scored rank 1. Moreover, eight students from the same centre scored 720 marks, which is highly impossible unless a malpractice occurred.
He also stated that six out of eight students starting with the sequence ‘2307010’, have been reported to belong to the same exam centre in the State and have secured top ranks. The marking scheme awards +4 for each correct answer and -1 for an incorrect one. Thus, after the full score of 720, the next possible score is 716, if one question is left unanswered, and 715 if one question is answered incorrectly. But these 718 and 719 have left everyone in deep shock and confusion, as this is happening for the first time ever in NEET.
As per the National Testing Agency (NTA), the marks given to some students were ‘grace marks’ after they raised concerns about insufficient time during the exam. The officials further stated that they provided grace marks to around 1,563 candidates by carefully analysing the CCTV footage & the answering efficiency of the candidates. But Nayini Anurag Reddy questioned this action by stating, ” How were they able to analyse the ‘answering efficiency’ just by looking at the CCTV footage of a few selective candidates out of 25 lakh and on what basis did they decide to give grace marks. If it was decided to be given, why was it not informed to students before the controversy broke out?”
He urged the officials concerned to come forward and address this with utmost seriousness so that the future of 25,00,000 students is not at risk.
