Centre agrees to lower cut-off for NEET-SS admission
The Indian government has informed the Supreme Court that it will lower the NEET-SS qualifying percentile from 50% to 30% to fill nearly 2,000 vacant super specialty medical seats. This decision follows pressure from the court to ensure training capacity is not wasted.
Why it matters
Reducing admission criteria addresses the critical shortage of specialists in the medical field while filling vacant seats.
NEW DELHI: Nudged by Supreme Court to reduce the cut-off percentile for admission to super specialty medical courses to fill around 2,000 vacant seats, Centre Thursday told the court that the qualifying percentile for NEET-SS may go from the existing 50th to 30th for the proposed special stray vacancy round, to be conducted soon, reports Amit Anand Choudhary.SC last week asked govt to reconsider its decision not to reduce the cut-off percentile in order to ensure seats were not wasted.
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