NEET-PG cut-off:
- Orthopaedics seat filled at:
4 marks out of 800.
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology seat:
44 marks out of 800.
- General surgery seat filled at:
47 marks out of 800.
- Biochemistry:
minus 8 marks out of 800.
- Transfusion medicine:
10 marks out of 800.
- Anatomy:
11 marks out of 800.
These extremely low scores at which seats were actually allotted indicate a serious crisis in academic standards. There should be a reasonable minimum qualifying merit, as it is crucial for maintaining the integrity of medical education and healthcare system.
India has scripted history.
Biochemistry, the crème de la crème of the sciences, whose discoveries are adorned with 56 Nobel Prizes, whose portals are illuminated by Indian giants like Khorana and Subbarow, has today officially welcomed a student who scored minus 8 out of 800.
NEETPG-25 cutoff scores have been lowered to the 7th percentile, 5th percentile, and 0 percentile.
I find this grossly unethical.
On one hand, tens of thousands of students sacrifice everything and work extremely hard to compete.
On the other hand, such low percentiles mean that the well-off can get into any branch they want.
Degrees as coveted as an MD or an MS should have minimum requirements.