Pre-university students in the science stream have to appear for the Common Entrance Test or National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) to secure seats in professional courses. But special coaching for these tests being a distant dream for students from poorer sections enrolled in government colleges, especially in smaller towns, they feel that their chance at professional courses is very dim. Exams for PU started on March 1 across Karnataka.
While many students in private colleges get special coaching as part of their regular classes, those in government colleges do not get this facility.
“We feel our dreams cannot go beyond a certain point,” said a student of a government PU college in Shivamogga, having received no special coaching on how to tackle the CET or NEET.
