NEET UG 2024: Record Attendance as NTA Reports Over 96% Participation; Number of Girls more Than Boys

The National Testing Agency (NTA) successfully conducted the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2024 exam on May 5, with an impressive overall attendance of over 96 percent.

Keep an eye out this month for the provisional and final answer keys, which the Agency is likely to release. You can find these keys on the official NEET UG 2024 website at exams.nta.ac.in/NEET. Following the release of the answer keys, anticipate the NEET UG 2024 results to be out on June 14.

The overall attendance for the exam was over 96%.

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Gender-wise distribution:

• Male candidates: 96.92% attendance.
• Female candidates: 96.96% attendance.
• Transgender candidates: 94.44% attendance.

Top 5 states in terms of attendance:

When it comes to state-wise attendance, Uttar Pradesh topped the charts with a significant turnout. A whopping 1,64,779 female candidates, along with 1 transgender student and 1,67,690 male candidates, participated in the NEET UG exam. Following closely behind is Maharashtra, where 1,56,795 female candidates, 1,18,243 male candidates, and 2 transgender students took part in the exam.

According to data from the NTA, Rajasthan takes the third spot with an impressive turnout of over 1 lakh male candidates and more than 88,000 female candidates, totaling to 1.93 lakh participants. Notably, Rajasthan stands out as the only state among the top 5 with no transgender candidates.

However, Rajasthan's NEET UG exam this year has been surrounded by controversy. On May 5, an incident occurred at Girls Higher Secondary Adarsh Vidya Mandir, Mantown, Sawai Madhopur, where Hindi-medium students were mistakenly given English-medium question papers. This led to students leaving the exam hall with the English-medium papers, which later circulated on social media platforms, as per NTA's statement.

Additionally, Bihar faced allegations of a paper leak, as reported by the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the Bihar Police. They claimed to have seized "admit cards, post-dated cheques, and certificates" from members of an organized gang arrested in connection with the alleged question paper leak of NEET UG 2024. In Bihar, a total of 1,36,188 candidates (72,661 male and 63,527 female) appeared for the exam this time.

State-wise attendance

Tamil Nadu comes in at the fourth position, boasting a strong attendance of 1.53 lakh candidates. Following closely behind is Karnataka with 1.50 lakh students.

After Karnataka, Kerala secures the sixth position with a commendable turnout of 1.38 lakh candidates. Bihar closely follows at the seventh spot with 1.36 lakh participants. West Bengal and Gujarat share the ninth and tenth positions, both with approximately 1.17 lakh students. Specifically, West Bengal had 86,000 candidates, while Gujarat had 66,000 candidates.

It's worth noting that in southern states like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, there's a notable contrast between the attendance of male and female candidates. 

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