NEET secret revealed: What does it take to become a doctor in India?
The 2024 NEET exam for admission to undergraduate medical courses in India has been mired in controversy due to incidents of paper leaks and inflated marks. The highest marks in the exam were scored by 67 students, many of whom were from the same exam centre. Protests broke out across the country with demands for the exam to be cancelled and even the National Testing Agency, which conducts the exam, to be abolished.
Amid allegations of unfairness and lack of integrity in the exam, the government has handed over the investigation of the case to the CBI and constituted a high-level panel to overhaul the NTA.
In this episode of Health360, the NEET exam controversy and medical education in India are discussed in detail.
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