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As per the NTA reports, Maharashtra stands first among state boards for NEET UG applications, while CBSE has emerged as the contributor to the overall candidate count for the NEET entrance exam.
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has reported that among state boards, Maharashtra had the highest number of applications for the medical exam National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG in the past five years.
The Karnataka state board stood second in terms of applicants, followed by Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. This year, over 20.38 lakh candidates took the NEET exam, which is a significant increase from the 14.10 lakh candidates in 2019.
According to the latest data, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) recorded the highest number of candidates appearing for the country's largest entrance exam from 2019 to 2023. This year, more than 5.51 lakh applicants were from the CBSE, which conducts Class 12 exams at the national level.
However, the state board, Maharashtra, has led the ranking in terms of applications for NEET-UG, which stands for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Under-Graduate).
This year, over 2.57 lakh candidates from the Maharashtra state board submitted applications for the exam. According to NTA data, the previous year saw more than 2.31 lakh candidates applying for NEET-UG.
From the Karnataka state board, this year witnessed more than 1.22 lakh candidates applying for NEET-UG, while the preceding year noted a number of 1.14 lakh applicants.
The Tamil Nadu state board secured the third position, as more than 1.13 lakh students applied for the medical test this year. Data also revealed that over 1.11 lakh candidates from the Uttar Pradesh state board submitted applications for NEET-UG.
From the Kerala state board, the count of applicants exceeded 1.07 lakh, while the Bihar state board contributed more than 71,000 applicants.
On the other hand, the data showed the least number of applicants from the Tripura state board (1,683), followed by the Mizoram state board (1,844) and the Meghalaya state board (2,300). Other state boards with fewer than 5,000 NEET-UG applicants include Nagaland (2,422), Goa (3,834), and Uttarakhand (4,423).
This pattern has remained consistently over the past five years, the NTA data said. Meanwhile, the NEET-UG serves as the entrance exam for admission to programs like MBBS, BDS, BAMS, etc.
For BSMS, BUMS, BHMS,and BSc (H) Nursing courses also NEET-UG is the qualifying exam. There are more than 80,000 MBBS seats in over 540 medical colleges in the country.
Since May 2019, the NTA has taken up the responsibility of conducting NEET-UG on behalf of the health and family welfare ministry. Earlier, CBSE conducted the exam.
Out of the total 20.38 lakh candidates this year, a significant 11.45 lakh candidates qualified the examination, marking a 48 percent increase from the previous year. Uttar Pradesh topped the list with the highest number of qualifying candidates (1.39 lakh), followed by Maharashtra (1.31 lakh), and Rajasthan (over a lakh), according to the NTA.
The NTA pointed out that Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra hold the distinction of being the two most populous states in the nation, while Rajasthan also ranks among the top 10 in terms of population.
Kerala and Karnataka also secured positions within the top five, with each of these states having more than 75,000 candidates who successfully passed the examination, according to the data provided.
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Tamil Nadu, a state that has voiced opposition to the centralized medical entrance test, contributed the highest number of candidates within the top 10. In the broader top 50 list, Delhi produced eight candidates, Rajasthan accounted for seven, and Tamil Nadu for six.
For the test, the NTA arranged 4,097 centers across 499 cities in India and abroad on May 7. In addition, the exam took place in 14 cities outside India, including Abu Dhabi, Bangkok, Colombo, Doha, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Manama, Muscat, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore, Dubai, and Kuwait City in 13 languages, which are Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
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