AWARENESS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS NEET AMONG RURAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The main aim of this study was to find out the Awareness and attitude towards NEET of Tamil Nadu rural higher secondary school students. The National Eligibility and Entrance Test or NEET-UG is a entrance examination in India for students who wish to study any graduate medical course (MBBS) or dental course (BDS) or postgraduate course (MD/MS) in government or private medical colleges in India. NEET-UG(undergraduate) for MBBS and BDS courses. Awareness and attitude are often the result of experience or upbringing and they can have a powerful influence over behavior. Awareness and Attitude NEET Opinionnaire(AANEETO) developed by researcher was used to collect the relevant data. The sample size consists of 200 XII standard students of whom 96 are boys and 104 girls. The researcher was selected the sample by randomly in Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu State in India. Survey method was adopted for the study. The researcher was collected that data from government higher secondary schools’ in rural areas. Data was analyzed by F-test. The findings of the study revealed that there is significant association was found in the demographic variables such as in nature of school and parental educational status with regard to the awareness and attitude towards NEET among rural higher secondary schools in Tamil Nadu state India.