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| Monday, May 30, 2005
MBBS: CBSE students face uphill task
The prospects of CBSE candidates in Tamil Nadu gaining admission
to the MBBS course through counselling was raised by one participant
at The Hindu EducationPlus Fair.
The student pointed out that from the analysis made by the panellists,
it appeared that no Open Competition candidate from CBSE would
be in a position to get an MBBS seat through counselling. The
forecast was that there was little chance of any candidate with
less than 295 marks to get into the MBBS course. This meant
that even with a centum in the entrance examination, the candidate
would need a score of 195 in the Board, which was nearly impossible
in the CBSE stream.
In answer, Prof. P.V.Navaneethakrishnan, an expert on the panel
said this situation was causing concern. If the Board marks
were not considered, as in Andhra Pradesh, such a scenario would
not apply to the CBSE candidates. However, not taking the qualifying
examination into account created a different kind of aberration,
as the students did not give much importance to the Board examination
and put in all their effort only into the entrance examination.
For admission purposes, in Tamil Nadu, the weighting of scores
was of the order of 200 for the Board examination and 100 for
entrance.
If this was modified to 100 for the Board and 100 for entrance,
the disparity affecting CBSE candidates could be reduced.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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