THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The selffinancing medical college managements have gone back on their earlier decision to allot 50 per cent seats in government quota for a reduced fees.
The selffinancing medical college managements association is learnt to have reached an agreement with the government on Thursday fixing a uniform fees for both management and government quota seats, except those seats which reserved for the candidates from BPL families.
However, Health Minister Adoor Prakash denied having reached any such agreement with the managements. He said that the discussions would continue on Friday.
He said that the management had asked for a higher fees which the government could not agree.
Managements' association representatives told reporters after the meeting that they had asked for a fees of Rs 25,000 for 20 per cent seats in the BPL category. The fees they wanted for 15 per cent seats in the NRI quota was Rs 9 lakh.
The fees for all the other seats, including government quota and management quota seats, will be Rs 4.5 lakh.
According to earlier decision, the fees for the BPL category in the threetier setup in the medical colleges will be Rs 25,000. The number of the BPL candidates had been tentatively fixed at seven. If such candidates are not available, seven poorest candidates will be admitted to the seats. The SC/ST and SEBC reservation category candidates will be charged Rs 45,000 and the general quota students will be charged Rs 1.38 lakh.
The Association and the government had already agreed on the upper limit in fees in the management quota seats at Rs 4.8 lakh. However, the managements had not signed an agreement for some reasons. Now, finally when the formal agreement was reached, the fee structure has changed drastically for dubious reasons.
The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations will issue the notification for the allotment to selffinancing medical colleges along with the first engineering allotment on Friday on the basis of the agreement.
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