New Delhi, Girls outnumbered boys in
qualifying the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET)
for admission to undergraduate medical courses, as per the
results declared by CBSE today, even though there were 11,058
males compared with 8,266 female applicants in the top 15 per
cent.A total of 4,09,477 candidates -- 2,26,049 girls, 1,83,424 boys and four transgenders -- cleared the examination. One transgender candidate was in the top 15 per cent.
According to data released by CBSE, which conducted the examination, of the 8,02,594 registered candidates, 7,31,223 appeared for the examination.
The CBSE also released a list of top performing candidates as per which Het Shah secured the first rank scoring 685 marks out of 720, while Ekansh Goyal (682) came second and Nikhil Bajiya (678) stood third.
The counselling for seats in medical and dental colleges is expected to begin soon.
In a release, CBSE said that in compliance with the Supreme Court directives, it had conducted NEET-I and NEET-II on May 1 and July 24, respectively.
It said that while declaring the result of both NEET-I and NEET-II as a combined result of National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test-UG, 2016, the orders of the Apex Court have been complied with.
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