If you are interested in NEET / CET / Medical Entrances, Please read the judgement of the Hon’ble High Court of Guwahati (Full Judgement available at Doctors and Law)
This judgement clarifies an important issue which was the source of confusion in Entrance Exams which led to agony and frustation
There is some
thing called as “Eligibility Marks” – which has been fixed at 50 % of the qualifying exam
This implies the minimum marks one needs to score to be eligible for admission
For example, if the eligibility mark is 50 %, those who have scored less than 50 % are not eligible
But many selection committees confuse this eligibility mark with the entrance exam marks
For example – They deny admission to candidates who take less than 50 % in Entrance Exams, thereby a lot of seats are vacant
Before proceeding further, we need to understand that Entrance Exams have tougher question and negative marks. In All India Entrance Exam, for example, the first mark is around 65 %. In such cases denying admissions to persons who have got less than 50 % (Which comes to more than 75 % of first mark) is neither ethical nor constitutional
Guwahati High Court has examined this point and has clarified that
- The Eligibility Cut off 50 % (or 40 % for candidates admitted under various quotas) should be based on the qualifying marks
- Marks taken in Entrance Exam should be only for Ranking and should not be a criteria for eligibility
Explaining the first point further, it means that, when one gets 95 % in his qualifying exam (say, 12th exam while applying for MBBS or MBBS Exam while applying for PG or PG Exams while applying for Super speciality) he is eligible for admission even if his entrance marks are less than 50.
Explaining the second point further, the proposed NEET (National Entrance cum Eligibility Test) may well be an unconstitutional one as there are negative marks in the proposed CET / NEET and an exam with negative marks cannot be used for determining eligibility
This has in fact prompted the authorities to swiftly change their stand and exclude negative marks from the proposed CET / NEET
Please note : The Text of Full Judgement available at Doctors and Law. Click here to read
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