Is there a relation between the potential to become a good doctor and success in the NEET (National Entrance Eligibility Test)? Going by what success in NEET demands, one can’t hesitate to say, “No”— except to acknowledge the general link that both NEET and a doctor’s life require hard work. Like most current entrance tests, NEET is essentially a means of elimination. It enables the NTA (National Testing Agency) to legitimately scoop a few out of the ocean of applicants.
This is done by organising a mega-exam where over two million youngsters sit and answer 180 questions in 200 minutes flat. How is this impossible feat achieved? Each question has four possible answers, and the candidate must choose the correct one to score. There is no time to think why that answer is correct or why the others are wrong.
Such niceties of the reflective era are now totally out of fashion. If you want to be a doctor, you must master the art of responding to MCQs (multiple choice questions) at a breakneck speed. Coaching institutes will teach you this art, and drill you into mastery of it.
For this handy service, they expect your parents to pay a good sum. Eventually, you will fulfil their dream of seeing you become a doctor. Never mind if you had a different dream.
Trouble was brewing for quite some time in several centralised exam systems, but this summer the lid has blown off in the test for the medical entrance. There are just too many problems with the NEET result declared on June.
