Get, CET, flop show: Medical aspirants fail to make the mark

Get, CET, flop show: Medical aspirants fail to make the mark

Mumbai: The state’s medical aspirants have put up a dismal performance again, as only a meagre 15.23% could clear the CET this year as compared to 18.01% in 2009 and 23.84% in 2008. The results of MHT-CET, the state’s common entrance test for admission to health science, engineering and medical courses, were declared on Monday.

However, though the overall success rate fell, the rest of Maharashtra region, which includes Mumbai, had some reason to cheer because it had the highest number of eligible candidates.
This year, 15.42% medical aspirants cleared CET from this region, followed by 15.21% from Vidarbha and 14.64% from Marathwada.
WB Tayade, director of the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER), chose to see the silver ling instead of the dark clouds. “One should not go by the aggregate success percentage. Many students don’t take the exam seriously. But those who have done well, have performed quite satisfactorily,” he said.
This year, though the highest score is 198/200, DMER did not declare the names of the toppers to reduce stress among students. This was in keeping with the state government’s policy of not declaring toppers of Std XII and Std X exams.
For health science courses, there are around 280 colleges with a intake capacity of 17,625. For pharma courses, there are 1,146 seats.

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