Data | NEET may deepen shortage of rural specialists in TN
The Hindu
Share of State Board students entering MBBS decreased from 99.4% in 2015-16 to 65.7% in 2019-20
The profile of students admitted to the MBBS degree in Tamil Nadu has changed drastically since the began to be conducted. Before NEET, a relatively higher share of entrants hailed from the rural areas. They had been educated in Tamil medium schools in the State Board syllabus. Post NEET, the share of these students plummeted. More students from English medium schools located in urban areas and following the CBSE syllabus were admitted for the course. This change in the profile of students could lead to a further shortage of doctors and specialists in rural areas.
A comparison of the profile of MBBS entrants in TN medical colleges in two select years — one before and another after the implementation of NEET. The figures are from the Justice A. K. Rajan committee report on NEET:
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