Low NEET scorers torn between govt, mgmt quotas

A majority of candidates who scored between 100 and 200 marks in the national eligibility-cum-entrance test (NEET) and their parents face a dilemma: should they get the application form for government quota or management quota MBBS seat or both.

This was writ large on the faces of many who turned up to buy applications for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses offered by government and self-financing medical colleges at K A P Viswanatham Government Medical College (KAPVGMC).

The candidates were unsure if the marks would be sufficient to fetch them a seat in a government college or government quota seat in private college. The fee structure in self-financing colleges is higher for candidates who get admission via management quota compared to those who get in through government quota.


Selvaraj, a parent who was at the college to get application for his daughter, said he was unsure whether his daughter’s score of 176 in NEET would be sufficient to get a seat in a medical college through government quota. “It will be really hard for me to pay her college fees if she gets a seat only through management quota. So, after a lot of thinking, we decided to just get the application form for government quota and see what happens,” said Selvaraj who hailed from Panjapatti village in Karur district. His daughter, S Kanchana, had scored 1,144 marks out of 1,200 in the state board examinations.
K Ambeth, who had scored 110 marks in NEET, stated that he too was unsure of making it, and hence got application forms for both government and management quota. “My parents and I are waiting to see if I get a government seat in any private college. And if the chances are only through management quota, we will see the fee structure and decide,” he said.

On the other hand, Mohammed Sultan, who completed his class XII at S R V Matriculation School, said that he had made up his mind to join a self-financing college. “With a score of 180, I expect to get a seat in some private college in the state, but my worry is whether it will be a government seat or management seat. So I have got both the application forms to be on the safer side,” he said.
A total of 1,195 applications were issued at KAPVGMC on Monday including 183 free applications (for candidates belonging to SC/ST communities), 639 for government colleges and government quota in self financing colleges, costing Rs 500, and 373 management quota applications costing Rs 1,000. The sale of application ends on June 18.

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