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In NEET-UG 2024, 37 of the 50 centres with the highest share of candidates scoring above 650 were in Sikar, Rajasthan, according to a finding attributed to The Hindu and reported by Scroll.in. The result describes a concentration of high scorers; it does not, by itself, explain why they scored highly or establish wrongdoing at any centre.
What the 37-of-50 figure means
Scroll.in reported on July 21, 2024, that The Hindu identified 37 Sikar centres among the 50 centres with the highest percentage of candidates scoring above 650 out of NEET-UG’s 720 marks. This is a ranking by the proportion of candidates above that score threshold, not by the total number of high-scoring candidates at each centre.
The report also said about 7% of candidates who attempted the exam from Sikar centres scored above 650, compared with a reported national average of 1.29%. These figures are reported by Scroll.in; the underlying NTA centre-wise file and the calculation behind the ranking were not independently verified here. Read Scroll.in’s July 21, 2024 report.
Other high-score figures reported for Sikar
The report used a separate threshold and measure to describe scores above 600:
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- Eleven Sikar centres each had more than 100 candidates scoring above 600.
- One Sikar centre had 155 candidates scoring above 600.
Those are raw counts above 600, whereas the 37-of-50 ranking is based on the percentage of candidates above 650. The two measures should not be treated as interchangeable.
Why the centre-wise results were released
NEET-UG 2024 was held on May 5, 2024. Scroll reported that approximately 24 lakh students appeared. After a Supreme Court direction, the National Testing Agency (NTA) made state-wise and centre-wise results public on July 20, 2024.
The report placed the centre data in the context of concerns about results announced earlier. It cited, among other examples, a parent’s claim that a reported score of 614 could not be found at the candidate’s centre, and an X user’s challenge concerning Hardayal Public School in Bahadurgarh, Haryana. These were claims reported in the article, not independently established proof of errors or manipulation.
Scroll also reported that 67 students received perfect scores in the initial results and that six were from one centre in Bahadurgarh. That figure describes the initial results reported at the time; it should not be read as a final or independently validated count.
What the ranking does—and does not—show
The report offered a coaching-hub explanation through Vivek Pandey, whom it identified as a doctor and Right-to-Information activist. “Lots of students go to places like Kota to study, so it isn’t unusual that there are so many high scorers from there,” Pandey said.
That is Pandey’s interpretation, not an official explanation for the results. A centre-level score distribution alone cannot establish that coaching caused high scores, measure the quality of any coaching provider, or show that a particular centre engaged in malpractice. The broader 2024 NEET controversy and allegations reported around it should not be conflated with evidence about Sikar’s ranking.
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How to read the claim
- It is a historical report: the figures concern NEET-UG 2024 and are not a current ranking of examination centres.
- The ranking is about percentages: 37 of the top 50 centres were reported to be in Sikar based on the share scoring above 650.
- The other Sikar figures use a different threshold: the 11-centre and 155-candidate claims count candidates above 600.
- Attribution matters: Scroll attributed the principal ranking to The Hindu. The original NTA dataset and ranking calculation are needed to independently reproduce the result or confirm individual centre positions.
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