43 per cent of Tamil Nadu board MBBS seats goes to old students

Chennai: In a surprise, as many as 422 students studied in other states have joined the MBBS course under the state quota this year by submitting nativity certificates as their parents are hailing from Tamil Nadu.

This is the first time that the Tamil Nadu students studying in other states have joined under the state quota in big numbers.

“The parents of these candidates are natives of the state who migrated to other states due to transfer and other reasons,” sources said. 

“In previous years, they could not join the medical courses as there was tough competition since the admission was based on plus-2 marks. These students studying in other boards, including CBSE have qualified for medical admission through Neet marks,” they added.

This year 28 students from other states who did their schooling in Tamil Nadu also got MBBS seats under OC category.  

At the start of the medical counselling, there was an allegation that nine candidates have submitted dual nativity certificates as they have featured in both Kerala and Tamil Nadu merit lists.

Central Crime Branch of the city police has informed the selection committee officials and conducted inquiry for the same.

“Following the dual nativity certificate allegations, we have informed all parents and students about the consequences of submitting fake nativity certificates,” officials said.

Of the nine candidates, four had opted out of the counselling and other four candidates had all the original documents correctly.

Around 40 per cent candidates selected for MBBS course this year are old students who have undergone rigorous coaching for one to two years.

Of 3,534 students who admitted under the state quota this year, 2,314 students are from the state board and 1,220 students are from CBSE and other boards this year.

Among the state board students, a whopping 1,004 students (43 per cent) are old students and 351 students from CBSE and other boards are from the previous batches, officials said. 

The number of state board students was reduced from 99 per cent last year to 65 per cent. 

Undoubtedly, CBSE students benefited by the Neet based admissions as their numbers increased from meager 20 odd seats to 1,220 seats this year.