Recently, after the major reduction in the cut-off marks of NEET-PG, the debate has intensified across the country. Questions began to arise among medical students, parents and health experts whether this decision would affect the quality of medical education. Many people expressed apprehension that getting admission in PG on low marks may affect the level of specialist doctors in future. Meanwhile, the Central Government clarified its stand in the Supreme Court and said that the purpose of NEET-PG is not to decide the minimum qualification of a student as a doctor. According to the government, the real eligibility to become a doctor is proved only after completing MBBS studies and internship. NEET-PG is only an entrance examination, which aims to prepare the merit list of candidates for limited postgraduate (MD/MS) seats.
Every candidate appearing for the NEET-PG exam is already a qualified doctor. He has completed 4.5 years of MBBS studies and after that he has also done one year of compulsory internship. To pass MBBS, students are required to score at least 50 percent marks in both theory and practical examinations. That means, even before appearing for NEET-PG, the candidates have already obtained the necessary medical training and qualifications.
What are the new cut-offs?
This time the cut-off of NEET PG has been kept very low. The cut-off for General and EWS categories has been fixed at 103 marks, while for General PWD candidates it is 90 marks. Whereas for SC, ST and Other Backward Class categories, the cut-off has been fixed at 40 marks. After this reduction in cut-off, now more students than before will be able to participate in the counseling process and will get the opportunity to get a postgraduate medical seat.
Why was the cut-off reduced?
The main reason given by the government behind reducing the cut-off is that a large number of postgraduate medical seats remained vacant every year. Despite about 70,000 seats being available, admission was not being done on all the seats, while more than two lakh students had appeared in the examination. The government says that medical seats are created from public resources, so leaving them vacant is harmful. For this reason, the cut-off was reduced so that more candidates can participate in counselling, seats do not remain vacant and the number of specialist doctors in the country can be increased.
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