Delhi at the top, followed by Haryana
Morung Express News
Dimapur | June 6
Nagaland state has registered the minimum pass percentage qualifying in the recently declared National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2019. The result was declared on June 5.
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, formerly the All India Pre-Medical Test is an entrance examination in India for students who wish to study graduate and postgraduate medical courses and dental courses in government or private medical colleges and dental colleges in India.
Among states, Delhi had the maximum pass percentage with 74.92 percent candidates clearing the test. This is way better than the national average which falls around 52 per cent as out of 14,10,755 students who appeared for the exam, a total of 7,97,042 students cleared the same.
However, for Nagaland, the worst performance state, only 34.52 percent students cleared the exam followed by Mizoram at 35.79 percent and Meghalaya at 36.27 percent passing percentage.
The second highest in the ranking is Haryana with a pass percentage of 73.41 per cent. From Chandigarh 73.24 per cent and from Andhra Pradesh 70.72 percent followed by Rajasthan with 69.66 percent candidates qualifying the NEET 2019.
In terms of the number of candidates, the highest number of applicants appeared for NEET from Maharashtra whereas the lowest number of candidates appeared for the exam in Lakshadweep. Around 2, 06,745 students appeared in Maharashtra and a total of 1, 44,993 students took the exam from Uttar Pradesh, the third spot was held by Kerala where a total of 1, 10,206 students followed by Karnataka with 1, 02,735 students appearing for NEET 2019.
On the other hand, in places such as Lakshadweep, only 262 candidates appeared for the exam, 312 students sat for NEET 2019 in Daman and Diu and 604 candidates appeared in Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Comparing this year’s results with that of last year, Rajasthan was the top-performing state in 2018, with 74.30 percent candidates clearing the exam, followed by Delhi, where 73.73 percent candidates qualified for the exam. The third and fourth spot last year was secured by Haryana and Andhra Pradesh with 72.59 percent and 72.55 percent respectively.
The NTA claims that there has been an increase of 12.90 percent in the number of centres and 16.67 per cent in the number of cities where NEET was conducted as compared to the last year.
