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The Hindu
01-08-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Govt. NEET coaching classes to cover all 13 blocks in Madurai
Following the success of government-offered free NEET coaching classes which have yielded good results, the NEET classes are to be expanded to all the blocks in the district. Madurai district with 13 blocks, from the current academic year, will have a weekly NEET coaching class with all necessary facilities like study materials, daily exercises, personal guidance, among others in all the blocks, said S. Vennila Devi, district coordinator for government-sponsored NEET training. She added, 'Unlike previous years when the teachers would be appointed as volunteers, hereafter, the government school teachers who are willing to take weekly Saturday classes will be given a remuneration.' This would not only encourage more teachers to take up the task but would also help them in self-development, she added. As the programme falls under Naan Mudhalvan scheme, all the necessary study materials, daily and weekly test exercises would be taken care by the School Education Department, Ms. Vennila noted. While the classes were earlier provided in only three centres – Tirumangalam, Othakadai and Melur – in the district, by further decentralising it, more students from remote areas are believed to step up for taking up the classes, she observed. She said that in addition to NEET and JEE coaching, training for eight other competitive exams is to be provided to the students. As Madurai district has already witnessed an improvement in the number of students clearing NEET this year, by further expanding the training, chances of more students taking up the examination and more students clearing it in the upcoming years are high, she noted. In the recent NEET UG counselling, about seven government school students have secured admission in medical colleges under the 7.5% reservation, she pointed. C. Snega, who has secured admission in Madurai Medical College in her third attempt by scoring 487 marks, said that though she took training in private coaching classes, for two years before clearing it, the motivation came from the training offered through the district administration. 'I scored 192 in first attempt, 445 in second attempt and 487 in the final attempt. I did not even think that I would score close to 200 in first attempt, thanks to the one-year coaching provided by the schoolteachers,' she added. As she aims to specialise in cardiology, she said the strong foundation she developed through her training would help her come out with flying colours.
The Hindu
16-06-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Marking an improvement, 204 students clear NEET examination in 2025
In the NEET-UG examination results which were released on June 14, of the total 411 students from government and government-aided schools who appeared for the examination, 204 students has passed the examination. As per official data, 260 students from government schools and 151 students from government-aided schools took the entrance examination this year. Of them, 204 students, secured scores above 113, which was fixed as a cut-off score. S. Vennila Devi, NEET Madurai revenue district coordinator, said that, unlike last year when only a crash course was conducted for 40 days, this year, schools themselves conducted regular classes throughout the year. This has marked a significant improvement in the performance of students, as the students had enough time to prepare for the entrance examination alongside their board exams, she added. Though the total number of government and government-aided students who took the examination this year has gone down by about 100, the results were encouraging as the eligible students last year were 192 and it is 204 this year, she stated. Last year, eight students secured admission for MBBS and two for BDS, she said. 'Though we are not sure about this year, based on students' marks and cut-offs, we expect at least 10 students to get into medical colleges,' Ms. Vennila Devi noted. Aligning with the overall NEET performance trend, in Madurai too, it was the second attempters who have mostly passed the examination, she pointed out. R. Kannika, a student of government model girls higher secondary school, who passed out of school in 2024, and has cleared NEET in her second attempt by scoring 539 marks this year, said that she took a year break to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor. Even when her NEET score was 520 last year, she was eligible only for private colleges, but, due to the fee structures of those colleges, she decided to go for another try aiming for government medical college. 'As my father is a work man in a private company in Madurai, he cannot afford to pay ₹10 lakh fee, so, I was confident that I would crack if I tried one more time,' she added. Another student, R. Priyanka of the same school, a second attempter, said that her score in the previous year was 252 and after undergoing coaching for a year, she has scored 466 this year. 'Though my father is running a tea shop and cannot afford to pay for any other colleges, he gave me the freedom to utilise one more year for NEET preparation,' she Knowing her lifelong dream, she said her father supported her through his meagre earnings to take a year off and prepare for the NEET examination. 'My teachers said that as I am eligible for the 7.5% reservation I would secure a medical seat this year,' she added. During an event at government model girls higher secondary school, Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration P. Moorthy distributed laptops to six students who cleared NEET and one students cleared Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). The students were Kannika (539), Jaga Sreema (522), Priyanka (466), Shivani (414), Sruthi (350), Ragavi (310) and Rishavarthini who cleared JEE and CLAT.
