Kargil, Sep. 09: Nawaz Ali from Trespone village of Kargil has topped the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2022 Ladakh list with a total score of 631 marks.

At least 704 aspirants from Ladakh had registered for the NEET 2022 out of which 639 had appeared for the exam and 331 have qualified the test. In comparison, 906 had registered, 744 had appeared for exam and 367 had qualified the test in 2021.

In an interview to Voice of Ladakh, Nawaz Ali said that he has been schooled from Mutahhary Public High School, Saliskote till Class 10^th and passed Higher Secondary classes from Government Higher Secondary School, Trespone.

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For NEET, he has pursued preparations from Dakshana foundation, an organisation that helps bright and impoverished students predominantly from rural India to prepare for IIT and medical entrance exams.

“At Dakshana I got the privilege to interact and get involved in group discussions with brilliant students from all over India that infused exposure and improved my knowledge”, said Nawaz Ali.

“The teaching faculty at Dakshana are good and student friendly that helps in over all improvement during the time of preparation”, Nawaz added.

On asking about his preparations during COVID-19 lockdown, Nawaz also appreciated the teaching faculty at Government Higher Secondary School, Trespone who “teaches much better than NEET level”. He attended school at GHSS Trespone during 11^th standard but failed to join class in 12^th due to COVID.

On asking to share his experience for other NEET aspirants, Nawaz Ali said that only good subject knowledge is not enough to crack exam but skills to face exam is necessary. “All students do hard work but only brilliant students do smart work”, said Nawaz.

“To control fear in exam hall, manage time during exam, to do away with stress, and other exam techniques matters a lot. One can get 600 marks with mere hard work but to get above 600 he/she need exam skills and techniques”, emphasised Nawaz.