NEET
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- proper noun
- Indian
- The NEET exam is crucial for students seeking admission to medical colleges in India.
Examples
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Many students prepare rigorously for the NEET in hopes of securing a place at a prestigious institution.
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Passing the NEET can significantly impact a student's future career in medicine.
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As part of its Neet report, the CBI came up with a series of recommendations about how young people's services could exploit limited resources.
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There is a strong correlation between Neets and looked-after children.
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By allowing young people to seek help on any health problems, drug habits, CV, or housing issues from one agency, the Neet population in Bromley has fallen by 15%.
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Government figures show that young people who were NEET when aged between 16 and 18 were three times more likely to be involved in crime in their late teens and throughout their twenties, while female NEETs were 22 times more likely to be teenage mothers than the average.
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Last year, unemployment for 16- to 18-year-olds (the official age range for Neets in the UK) was 10%, and 15% for 16- to 24-year-olds (the broader age range used by the business community).
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With middle-class parents and good grades, he does not fit the conventional stereotype of a young "Neet" person (not in employment, education, or training), but his situation highlights just how deep the economic downturn has become.
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Krauss says this situation is particularly bad in the UK, which ranks 23rd out of 28 in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) league table of Neets.
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Jan Krauss, senior policy adviser for the CBI and author of the organisation's Neet report, says that the knocks to confidence and self-esteem caused by unemployment often strike deeper in young people, who have fewer past achievements on which to fall back.
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Synonyms
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3.4
A test that students take to get into a school or university
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3.9
An exam that decides if a person can enter a school or course
Surface Forms
Etymology
NEET here stands for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, and the word 'cum' means 'and'. So NEET is the name of the national exam in India for students who want to enter medical school.