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New Indian Express
01-08-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Seven NEET repeaters from Madurai get medical seats under 7.5 per cent quota
MADURAI: Seven NEET repeaters from the district, this year, secured seats in medical colleges under the 7.5% reservation for students who studied in government schools from Class 6 to 12. Of the seven aspirants -- all of them took up private coaching for NEET -- six got MBBS seats and one secured a seat for BDS course, during the UG medical counselling held recently. C Snega, who secured the highest marks (487/720) among the seven, gained admission to MBBS course in Madurai Medical College. She studied in Tamil medium and attempted the exam thrice. 'My school teachers guided me to study NCERT books, which helped me secure good marks,' said Snega, who aspires to become a cardiologist. R Priyanka, who scored 466/720 in NEET, secured admission to Tirunelveli medical college. Priyanka, whose father runs a tea shop, said her parents supported her despite several challenges to take up private coaching for the entrance examination. She said the free NEET training offered by the government was an eye-opener. P Udhaya Mareeswaran, who scored the third highest mark among the seven students, said, 'Last year, I got a BDS seat under the 7.5% reservation. This year, I got an MBBS seat in Thiruvarur Government Medical College. Though I studied in Tamil medium, the continuous training helped me to get the seat.' Similarly, during the UG medical counselling last year, six students secured MBBS seats and two got BDS seats under the 7.5% reservation category. However, no government school student from the district, who had only taken up the free coaching offered by the state government, secured a medical seat under the reservation category this year. District NEET coordinator for government coaching S Vennila Devi told TNIE, 'Till last year, we had been offering a 45-day intensive training for students after the end of the Class 12 examinations. However, securing high marks in NEET requires continuous training. We had suggested the same to the respective authorities, and starting this academic year, continuous, year-long training has commenced for the students of government and government-aided schools, block-wise.' She hoped the year-long free training would help students clear the examination in their first attempt and secure seats in medical colleges.
Time of India
31-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
7 from Madurai land MBBS seats under 7.5% quota
Madurai: Four girls and three boys from Madurai have secured MBBS seats under the 7.5% quota for govt school students, following the end of first round of counselling for MBBS/BDS admissions on July 30. All of them are repeaters who relied on private coaching centres, while the parents of six of them are daily wage earners. They are all the first MBBS seat earners in their family. C Snega cleared NEET in her third attempt. The first time she prepared on her own, and the next two years she prepared with two different private coaching centres, spending Rs5.5 lakh. She has secured a seat in Madurai Medical College. "My parents, both manual labourers, borrowed money from my relatives. The first thing I will do is repay the debt," she said. Snega, who studied in Tamil medium, said she found English NCERT books a little difficult at first but they helped her crack the test in the end. R Kaviya, who secured a seat in Madha Medical College, said her father, a tailor, paid her Rs1.5 lakh fee by borrowing from relatives. "It is a dream supported by my parents," she said. P Udhaya Mareeswaran, another Tamil medium student who scored 460 in his first attempt, didn't get admission to a govt college, he said. His parents sold cattle to pay his private coaching fee, he added. He has secured a seat in Tiruvarur govt medical college. While parents opt to borrow to make their kids study, in some families the siblings take charge. V Nambu Selvi says her two brothers ensured she could afford private coaching for a year. "I gave NEET after my 12th but couldn't crack it. So, I opted for a residential coaching centre in Salem," she said. Another student, S Karthikeyan, benefited from the same centre. "My brother-in-law paid my fees and I cracked NEET," he said. In R Priyanka's case, her father, who runs a tea shop, paid her private coaching fee of Rs40,000 for a year. She said, "I didn't have the motivation to repeat NEET. I wasn't sure if I should still pursue medicine. But my teachers motivated me. They looked for good institutes and ensured I performed better the next attempt." She has secured a seat in Tirunelveli Medical College. This year, 260 govt school students in Madurai appeared for NEET, out of whom more than 104 cleared it. "While the seven students secured seats under the 7.5% quota, many more govt students will secure seats outside this quota," said S Venniladevi, Madurai NEET coordinator.
