PMK calls for review of NEET as students gtg MBBS admission in first attempt plummets to 5 pc

Chennai, Nov 15 (UNI) Reiterating its stand of scrapping the NEET as its very purpose was defeated, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) said the percentage of students getting MBBS admissions in first attempt has plummeted to five per cent in Tamil Nadu. Reports on the number of attempts made by students who secured admission to MBBS courses through counselling in government and private medical colleges in the state have raised several questions about the impact of NEET, which has commercialised medical education due to mushrooming of coaching centres. The most important question is whether the very purpose of NEET has…