Around 14.37 lakh students across India had appeared for National Eligibility and Entrance Test 2020 that was held on Sunday (September 13).
Professors who were part of the textbook committee of the Tamil Nadu School Education Department have said that, 97% of the questions in biology, chemistry and physics in this year’s NEET were from the textbooks of the Government of Tamil Nadu based on the new syllabus.
They have told that 87 questions (54% from class 11, 46% from class 12) in biology, 43 questions (47% from class 11, 53% from class 12) in chemistry and 44 questions (45% from class 11, 55% from class 12) in physics have been taken from the latest 11th and 12th textbooks brought out by the Tamil Nadu.
In all, 174 questions of the total 180 are said to have been covered in the syllabus brought out by Tamil Nadu government for class 11 and class 12.
Rita John, head of the theoretical physics department at the University of Madras was quoted saying in the Times of India that Tamil Nadu students need not feel that they are inferior to CBSE students and that the new syllabus has bridged the gap establishing a level playing field.
Deputy Director of State Council of Education S Shameem, Research and Training (SCERT) had said that the Tamil Nadu textbooks had covered more questions this year than the NCERT textbooks.
NEET is conducted every year across India for admission into undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses.