NEET and way forward
I have been reading up a lot in the news , discussions, impact to our rural and poor students If NEET becomes mandatory for under graduate Medical and Engineering courses.
Let's look into few data available
1. There are 3% Govt school students joining Govt medical colleges &
2. only 30% are from rural/sub urban background.
3. Engineering also could be little more numbers for rural/sub urban 30+%.
Let's look up a better solution to find out for everyone of us with better results from current scenario.
NEET is a new all india entrance test which will be based on CBSE/ICSE.
So the list of hurdles before kept us
1. New and complex syllabus which is different form current State board.
2. Training or monetary support required for rural students
3 options/way forward
Option 1 - Improve state syllabus and hold NEET for sometime until we are capable
Improve the current syllabus and train the students to cater to all india level syllabus with long term road map. It might take 5-10 years which is less probable with the current political scenario, or willingness to take up the challenges.
so this option is less road travelled and not feasible now to take NEET even after 5 years delay.
Option 2 - Accept the NEET with special provisions
Adapt a geographic reservation to ensure rural/sub urban students still get their seats via % representation(allocate% to rural, suburban, urban based on the % students). This might need lot of analysis and willingness from state to form fair policy. But we do not have to fear of losing seats also we can still plan road map to improve educational factors projected by UN with less impact to students.
I find this option feasible as we have earlier have 69% implementation and can tweak for geographic representation.
Option 3 - Reject NEET and continue current system of admission
This is going to be challenged by Union in sometime as current legislation to exclude TN might get rejected and might not stand in SC. Also we need to also consider UN educational factor to improve our standards inline.
If this option is implemented, still we need to improve our skill sets and quality inlne with international standard outlined.
If this option is implemented, still we need to improve our skill sets and quality inlne with international standard outlined.
Please share your views and suggestion for further readings to understand more.
My facebook post, discussion below here and I am ready to correct any misunderstanding.
After reading the above blog I have few questions.
ReplyDeleteWhy do u people keep talking about rural people ? Dont rural students exist in other states ? How do they make it a point to study and get into good colleges even when the overall literacy rate is not so high there ?
Secondly when NEET was introduced last year why werent any steps taken to make the sylabbus and the way of learning competent enough. ?
Thirdly what I don't understand is where is the problem with NEET.
The reservation policies remain the same.No other state student can get a seat from the 85% quota.
Or is the problem in competing on an all India scale.
Well then it's ridiculous
It's high time the level of education changes and the point of view regarding the same changes.
Hoping for a better phase to come.
Also u said that we should increase reservation for rural increase.
ReplyDeleteEarlier it was on the basis on caste
Now u wanna introduce it on the basis or rural or urban !
In how many parts do u want to break this country into ?