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A large chunk of the top scorers in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2024 were from the traditional coaching hubs, but several candidates who appeared from other cities such as Lucknow, Indore, Kanpur, Agra and Aligarh also managed to score 700+, which is a “matter of hope”, the National Testing Agency (NTA) said in a note, a day before it published the city and centre-wise results of the medical entrance exam on its website.
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The NTA declared centre and city-wise results for medical entrance exam NEET-UG, which is under scrutiny over paper leaks and alleged irregularities. The results, which were earlier declared on June 4, have been published in this format following an order by the Supreme Court (SC), which is hearing a batch of petitions about alleged irregularities in the conduct of the exam. Hearing the case on July 18, the Supreme Court had asked the NTA to publish city/centre-wise results of all candidates (withholding their identity) on its official website by Saturday afternoon for the sake of transparency. The Supreme Court will resume hearing on the petitions on July 22.
NEET-UG was held on May 5 at 4,750 centres in 571 cities, including 14 foreign cities, and a total of 23.33 lakh students appeared for it. The exam is of 720 marks and students securing 700 or above are the top scorers to be eligible for seats in top government medical colleges like AIIMS, Delhi.
According to an analysis of the results by the NTA, out of the 23.33 lakh students who took the exam, 2,321 scored 700 or more marks. These students were spread across 1,404 centres across the country and abroad. These 1,404 centres were again spread across 276 cities and 25 states/union territories. “Such a large spread shows that many candidates who were not from traditional tuition hubs were also able to make it to the list of toppers in NEET 2024,” it said.
The results table published on Saturday showed that the top scorers had gathered at exam centres located in coaching centres like Rajkot (Gujarat), Sikar (Rajasthan), Malappuram (Kerala), Bengaluru Urban (Karnataka), Kottayam (Kerala), Surat (Gujarat), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Howrah (West Bengal) and Kota (Rajasthan).
Extent of markings and spread across the city
700 marks and above
“It is true that many students coming from traditional tuition centres like Sikar, Kota and Kottayam were able to score 700 or more. However, the good thing is that many students coming from other cities were also able to fall in this bracket,” the note reads.
For example, NTA analysis showed that 35 students from Lucknow, 27 students from Kolkata, 25 students from Latur, 20 students from Nagpur, 19 from Faridabad, 18 from Nanded, 17 from Indore, 16 each from Cuttack and Kanpur, 14 each from Kolhapur, Noida, Sahibzada and Ajit Singh Nagar, 13 each from Agra and Aligarh, 10 each from Akola and Patiala, 8 from Davanagere, 7 from Banaskantha etc were able to score 700 or more marks.
“Looking at these numbers, it appears that aligning the NEET syllabus with that of higher secondary has started yielding results,” the note said.
The NTA has designed the syllabus for the NEET exam based on NCERT textbooks of Class 12. This year, the agency reduced the syllabus for the exam by 22-25%, including concept-based chapters from biology and other subjects, which it told the court had also had an impact on improving the overall performance of students this year.
650-599 marks
Similar observations are available for other marks brackets as well. For instance, candidates scoring between 650 and 699 are spread across 509 cities and 4,044 centres. Candidates scoring between 600 and 649 are spread across 540 cities and 4,484 centres. Candidates scoring between 550 and 599 are spread across 548 cities and 4,563 centres.
Rank-wise spread
Candidates ranked between 1 to 100 are spread across 56 cities and 95 centres; Candidates ranked between 101 to 1,000 are spread across 187 cities and 706 centres; Candidates ranked between 1,001 to 10,000 are spread across 431 cities and 2,959 centres; Candidates ranked between 10,001 to 50,000 are spread across 523 cities and 4,283 centres.
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Candidates ranked 50,001 to 1,10,000 are spread across 546 cities and 4,542 centres, and candidates ranked 1,10,000 to 1,50,000 are spread across 539 cities and 4,470 centres.
NEET 2024 vs NEET 2023
Over 24 lakh students had registered for NEET 2024, while 20.87 lakh students had registered for the exam in NEET 2023. Hence, in NEET 2023, the spread of top scorers was slightly less than this year. In the NEET-UG exam held in 2023, candidates scoring between 700 and 720 were spread across 116 cities and 310 centres, candidates scoring between 650 and 699 were spread across 381 cities and 2,431 centres and candidates scoring in the bracket of 600 to 649 were spread across 464 cities and 3,434 centres.
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