Son of a daily wage laborer and daughter of a vegetable vendor have reportedly cleared the medical entrance exam in Odisha NEET, While Shantanu Dalai, a resident of Polasara block of Ganjam district, secured an all-India rank of 19,678 in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), the other student, Ishrita Panda, a resident of Adawa village in Gajapati district, secured an all-India rank of 19,678. has obtained 622 marks out of 720 and secured an all India rank of 11,895. His father sells vegetables in Adawa market, according to PTI report good.
Both the students cleared the coveted exam in their second chance as they were not able to give the first chance last year. Panda said he worked hard for it and is happy with his marks and hopes to get a seat in a premier government medical institute in Cuttack or Berhampur.
The son of a daily wage laborer, Dalai also wants to take admission in any government medical college in the state. “Despite the financial difficulties, I did not neglect his studies,” said his father. The Dalai were also taking free coaching at a private institute named Aryabhatta run by educationist Sudhir Raut. PTI report good. Panda’s father also said that he did not neglect his daughter’s studies despite the loss in his business in the last two years due to COVID-19, noting that “I want her to become a doctor and I have worked for that. helped him accordingly.”
Meanwhile, in a related development, the results of Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG will be declared by September 15, University Grants Commission Chairman Jagdish Kumar said on Friday. The first edition of CUET-UG, the gateway for undergraduate admissions, began in July and ended on August 30. Sixty percent attendance was recorded in the exam.
“The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to declare the CUET-UG results by September 15 or even a few days before if possible,” Kumar said. “All the participating universities may keep their web portals ready to start the UG admission process on the basis of CUET-UG scores,” he added.
As per the initial plan, all the phases of CUET-UG were to end on August 20. However, the exam was postponed and divided into six phases to accommodate the students whose exams were rescheduled due to several glitches in the exam.
(with inputs from PTI)
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