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| Friday, May 18, 2007
Analysis reveals rural students may still find the going tough
CET abolition may not have actually given them a level playing field
- Students from Chennai, Namakkal and Gobichettipalayam will hold sway over medical seats
- In engineering admissions, the ties will begin at the cut-off of 199.75 marks
Chennai: The scrapping of the common entrance test for professional
admissions by the State government may not have actually given
rural students the promised level playing field — in terms
of the best of engineering and medical seats — an analysis
of the Plus Two Board examination results has shown.
No requisite cut-off marks
Out of a total of 66 educational districts, no student has scored
the requisite engineering cut-off marks of 197 out of 200 in
ten rural districts, and 30 districts had only less than six
students meeting the score, according to an exclusive analysis
done for The Hindu by Salem-based consultant, Jayaprakash Gandhi.
Similarly, no student in eight rural educational districts has
scored the requisite cut-off for medical admission either —
194 marks out of 200. Almost 27 rural districts had less than
six students touching the score.
On the contrary, out of a total of 1,326 students scoring the
necessary engineering cut-off, 90 per cent are urban. Similarly,
out of 1,289 students with the required medical cut-off, 90
per cent are from cities.
Namakkal alone has 229 students with the engineering cut-off
score, Chennai city (which has four educational districts) has
215 students, Coimbatore has 86 students, and Tiruchi and Madurai
have 30 students each.
Three rural districts — Gudalur, Aranthangi and Udaiyarpalayam
— did not have any candidate scoring even 195 marks out
of 200, required for admitting MBC students.
A total of 24 districts had less than ten candidates making
the mark.
Namakkal alone had 458 students, followed by Chennai with 437
students and Coimbatore with 184 students.
In medical admission, Usilampatti, Gudalur, Aranthangi and Nagapattinam
rural districts did not have any student in the 192 marks out
of 200 slot (required for MBC admissions), 28 rural districts
had less than ten students. Namakkal alone had 433 students
making the grade.
Students from Chennai, Namakkal and Gobichettipalayam will hold
sway over medical seats, followed by urban centres such as Tirunelvei,
Madurai, Tiruchi, Coimbatore, Salem and Pondicherry.
The analysis also found that while there would be no need to
be apprehensive about tied marks in the top tier of medical
admission, the problem would arise only when scores go below
197.5, when at each level of 0.25 marks, anywhere between 50
to 120 students would be tied, necessitating selection based
on date of birth.
In engineering admissions, the ties would begin at the cut-off
of 199.75 marks where 38 ties would be tied.
Not many seats in a single branch
Down the list, 151 students would be tied at 197.75 marks. "The
problem is that no college has so many seats in a single branch,
which means students with the same marks cannot hope to get
into the same college. Being born a few days or weeks later
would mean you lose out on preferred colleges," Mr. Gandhi
says.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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