Thursday, January 5, 2017
NEET PG 2017 Results expected next week, combined counselling at State level
NEET PG 2017 are expected to be released next week January 15, 2017. The process of online allotment for NEET PG 2017 will include main counseling registration, exercising of choices, indicative seat allotment process.
The results of NEET PG 2017 are expected to be released next week January 15, 2017 for the exam conducted from December 5 to December 13, 2016. Once the results are out the combined counselling will be done at State level. The scheme of All India Quota Post Graduate Courses online Counseling (allotment process) has been revised. All candidates are requested to go through the revised scheme carefully and understand before participating in online counseling (allotment process). The process of online allotment will include main counseling registration, exercising of choices, indicative seat allotment process and locking of choices. After which the process of seat allotment for round I and results will be published of round I.
The reporting at the allotted medical/dental college against 1st Round process of seat allotment-round 2 will be done after declaration of the result. The result will be published of round 2. After which the aspirants will need to report at the allotted medical/dental colleges against Round 2. Aspirants are also required to note that the online allotment process will start as per counseling schedule published in that year. ALSO READ: NEET 2017 Application Forms: CBSE officials refuse to comment on a date of release
It is very important to keep certain information confidential like details on admit card, information on the application form to avoid misuse by others. Aspirants who have been allotted seats will need to join the allotted college/course with stipulated time from the date of allotment as per the counseling schedule. It is important for the aspirants to join the institutes allotted. ALSO READ: NEET PG 2017: College wise breakup for general, OBC, SC AND ST Categories
NEET PG 2017 will be valid for All India 50% Quota seats for MD/MS/PG Diploma courses in all states except in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Jammu & Kashmir (as these 3 states do not participate in all India quota pool). The State quota seats for MD/MS/PG Diploma courses for all states and Union territories of India include Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Jammu & Kashmir.
Published Date: January 4, 2017 12:31 PM IST
commentClear NEXT before attaching a tag of 'Doctor'
Thursday, January 05, 2017
By Raju Vernekar
The Union Health Ministry’s draft Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 2016, which seeks to introduce the National Exit Test (NEXT), a licensing or qualifying exam, for MBBS graduates to qualify themselves as doctors and to secure registration for clinical practice, has drawn flak from medical fraternity and students from all over India, including Maharashtra.
A high-level committee headed by NITI Aayog vice-chairman, Arvind Panagariya, has also proposed to replace the Medical Council of India with the National Medical Council, which will be a policy-making body for medical education comprising a chairperson, nine ex-officio members and 10 part-time members.
NEXT is being introduced to standardise and create a level-playing field in medical education. It is expected to substitute three tests, including NEET for postgraduate admissions and the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) and facilitate recruitment for Central Health Services. The MBBS graduates will have to pass the NEXT to use 'Dr' tag and start clinical practice. The move is on the lines of the test conducted by the Bar Council of India for law graduates before they are allowed to start practice. Under NEXT, besides existing 50 per cent constitutional reservations at the undergraduate and post-graduate (PG) entry level, an additional 50 per cent seats will be reserved at PG level for those serving in government hospitals in rural areas. The results of how students from individual colleges have performed in NEXT will be made public.
Even as the deadline for submitting suggestions/objections is going to end on Friday, the website of Indian Medical Association IMA) is flooded with the protests from the medical fraternity and students.
Dr. Jayesh Lele, President, Indian Medical Association (Maharashtra) said, “The NEXT will create further confusion and will destabilise the existing system. It will also discourage students from pursuing a career in medicine. The draft's provisions are suitable for an economy of excess that has an adequate number of doctors and certainly not to our country where already there is a shortage of doctors. We are opposed to this and have forwarded our comments to the IMA.”
Dr. Sagar Mundada, President of the Youth wing of the IMA said,“As it is the students go through the rigorous examination like NEET. The MBBS course is five and a half years, including one year of internship. The students are also required to sign bond with the state government, for serving anywhere in the state for one year, specifically in rural areas. Thus six and a half years pass by, before one can start clinical practice. Now if one has to clear NEXT, the students will be engaged for one more year in studies instead of getting on the job training. And if by chance a student fails to qualify NEXT, he/she will have to sit at home for one more year, since the NEXT will be held only once in a year. Basically, a continuous evaluation process for medical students goes on all through the five and a half years and all the examinations are held under the guidance of the government controlled bodies like the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences. Taking a NEXT exam at the end makes the university exams and assessments redundant. This also could mean that the government controlled bodies have no recognition. We have communicated our opposition to NEXT to the IMA. If there is no amicable solution, we will be left with no option but to approach the court.”
Dr. Niranjan Chavan, Professor and Unit Chief LTMMC and Sion Hospital said, “If a student wants to do post-graduation, he/she has to do internships for two years and work as an Assistance Medical Officer (AMO) in Government hospitals. Even after doing all this, there is no certainty, because out of 100 students hardly 5 to 6 students get PG seats. The examination for third year MBBS is conducted by reputed institutes including AIIMS, deemed universities and government universities. Do the authorities want to derecognise all these institutes?. After passing through all these hurdles, a medical student can settle in life only after 30-32 years of age. With these type of moves, I am sure there will be more shortage of doctors. There are no such fire tests for engineering. Then why more and more stringent tests are introduced for medical.? Under such circumstances the NEXT seems to be irrelevant and uncalled for.”
In the meanwhile, the Kerala branch of IMA has decided to submit a mass petition signed by all medical students to the Centre, on January 11. Similar petitions are also expected from other states, including Maharashtra.
A high-level committee headed by NITI Aayog vice-chairman, Arvind Panagariya, has also proposed to replace the Medical Council of India with the National Medical Council, which will be a policy-making body for medical education comprising a chairperson, nine ex-officio members and 10 part-time members.
NEXT is being introduced to standardise and create a level-playing field in medical education. It is expected to substitute three tests, including NEET for postgraduate admissions and the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) and facilitate recruitment for Central Health Services. The MBBS graduates will have to pass the NEXT to use 'Dr' tag and start clinical practice. The move is on the lines of the test conducted by the Bar Council of India for law graduates before they are allowed to start practice. Under NEXT, besides existing 50 per cent constitutional reservations at the undergraduate and post-graduate (PG) entry level, an additional 50 per cent seats will be reserved at PG level for those serving in government hospitals in rural areas. The results of how students from individual colleges have performed in NEXT will be made public.
Even as the deadline for submitting suggestions/objections is going to end on Friday, the website of Indian Medical Association IMA) is flooded with the protests from the medical fraternity and students.
Dr. Jayesh Lele, President, Indian Medical Association (Maharashtra) said, “The NEXT will create further confusion and will destabilise the existing system. It will also discourage students from pursuing a career in medicine. The draft's provisions are suitable for an economy of excess that has an adequate number of doctors and certainly not to our country where already there is a shortage of doctors. We are opposed to this and have forwarded our comments to the IMA.”
Dr. Sagar Mundada, President of the Youth wing of the IMA said,“As it is the students go through the rigorous examination like NEET. The MBBS course is five and a half years, including one year of internship. The students are also required to sign bond with the state government, for serving anywhere in the state for one year, specifically in rural areas. Thus six and a half years pass by, before one can start clinical practice. Now if one has to clear NEXT, the students will be engaged for one more year in studies instead of getting on the job training. And if by chance a student fails to qualify NEXT, he/she will have to sit at home for one more year, since the NEXT will be held only once in a year. Basically, a continuous evaluation process for medical students goes on all through the five and a half years and all the examinations are held under the guidance of the government controlled bodies like the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences. Taking a NEXT exam at the end makes the university exams and assessments redundant. This also could mean that the government controlled bodies have no recognition. We have communicated our opposition to NEXT to the IMA. If there is no amicable solution, we will be left with no option but to approach the court.”
Dr. Niranjan Chavan, Professor and Unit Chief LTMMC and Sion Hospital said, “If a student wants to do post-graduation, he/she has to do internships for two years and work as an Assistance Medical Officer (AMO) in Government hospitals. Even after doing all this, there is no certainty, because out of 100 students hardly 5 to 6 students get PG seats. The examination for third year MBBS is conducted by reputed institutes including AIIMS, deemed universities and government universities. Do the authorities want to derecognise all these institutes?. After passing through all these hurdles, a medical student can settle in life only after 30-32 years of age. With these type of moves, I am sure there will be more shortage of doctors. There are no such fire tests for engineering. Then why more and more stringent tests are introduced for medical.? Under such circumstances the NEXT seems to be irrelevant and uncalled for.”
In the meanwhile, the Kerala branch of IMA has decided to submit a mass petition signed by all medical students to the Centre, on January 11. Similar petitions are also expected from other states, including Maharashtra.
The NEXT will create further confusion and will destabilise the existing system. It will also discourage students from pursuing a career in medicine. The draft's provisions are suitable for an "economy of excess" that has an adequate number of doctors and certainly not to our country where already there is a shortage of doctors. We are opposed to this and have forwarded our comments to the IMA.
— Dr. Jayesh Lele, President, Indian Medical Association (Maharashtra)
— Dr. Jayesh Lele, President, Indian Medical Association (Maharashtra)
10 medical, dental students booked for ragging in Sullia
According to the police, the accused students allegedly ragged Nishanth (20), second year MBBS student, and his friends Ashish, Rishad, Sharath, Manu, Arun, Prabin and Manar on December 28, 2016. Nishanth initially lodged a complaint with the college principal on Monday and later approached the police on Tuesday with the complaint, the police said.
The police gave the names of the accused as Krishna Kumar, a native of Vatakantara village, Palakkad; Kannan, Chilavara village, Palakkad; Farhan Muhammed, Venjarmud village, Thiruvananthapuram; Sanjay Krishnan, Vayalar, Alappuzha; Vasim Juber, Papamsheri, Kottayam; Nibin Rahim, Sasthamkota, Kollam; Neeraj Raviprasad, Kannamangalam, Malappuram (all MBBS students); Able Roy, Kolathur, Thiruvananthapuram; Jatin Jose, Teekoi, Kottayam, and Amal Raj, Audr, Pathanamthitta (all BDS students).
The accused were produced before the jurisdictional magistrate court in Sullia and were later enlarged on bail, the police said.
They have been charged with rioting, unlawful assembly, wrongful confinement, voluntarily causing hurt, intentionally causing insult and criminal intimidation under the Indian Penal Code and ragging under Section 116 of the Karnataka Education Act 1983.
According to the complainant, he and his friends were summoned to the room of accused Kannan on the night of December 28. The victims were confined inside the room even as the accused hurled abuses at them stating that juniors did not know how to respect senior students. Some of the victims were assaulted too.
On hearing some people approaching the room, the victims were let off, only to be summoned back to be threatened that they would be “killed” if the incident were to be made public, the complainant said.
I-T Dept. conducts raids on ETA, Buhari Groups
The Income Tax Department on Wednesday searched the offices and premises belonging to the Buhari Group and ETA Group of Companies, suspecting tax evasion.
In Tamil Nadu, I-T officials carried out search operations in Chennai, Thoothukudi and Keelakarai (Ramanathapuram district). Offices and premises in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad were also searched with the help of 500 officers.
In Chennai, the officials searched an office at Citi Centre, a shopping mall in Mylapore. An engineering college owned by one of the groups also came under the scanner.
“The searches started early morning and is still continuing. It will continue for the next three days. These are large groups and we need time to look into their details and books,” said a senior IT official.
When asked for details on which divisions of the groups the taxmen are looking at, the official said, “The Buhari Group, ETA Property and a few other divisions are been searched.” He declined to divulge further details.
At Ramanathapuram, an eight-member I-T team, headed by A.R. Singh, Income Tax Commissioner, Madurai, raided the house of M. Hameed Khan (62), an employee of ETA Ascon Group Company at Kilakarai near here and detained him for questioning after seizing incriminating documents.
Police sources said the team, including two women officers, began the raid at 7 a.m. and completed the exercise at 4 p.m. after seizing two suitcases full of documents. The team has not seized gold or cash, the sources said.
Mr. Khan had been working as a cashier in the ETA headquarters in Dubai for about 20 years and he came on leave a fortnight ago, the sources said. After completing the raid, the officials took Mr. Khan along with them to Madurai for questioning, they added.
Offices and premises in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad were
also searched
Government school students ill-prepared for NEET
The Central Government’s announcement that the National Eligibility-cum- Entrance Test (NEET) 2017 for entry into medical colleges will be held in six vernacular languages, including Tamil, matters little to students in government schools.
It is not just because no criteria has been fixed for rural students under 15 per cent All India Quota.
The criteria for State quota seats will continue to be fixed by the State Governments, but the question is how prepared the students are.
Students of CBSE schools seem to have better scope for qualifying in the exam. While a good number of private schools have been imparting coaching by roping in training institutions, there is still no clarity on how students of government schools will be equipped for the entrance exam six months down the line.
Indications are that the department still waits for clear-cut instructions from the government on how to go about training the students. Teachers in government schools have begun to admit that their students were at a clear disadvantage and stand no chance to clear the exam even if the training is initiated at this juncture.
A saving grace is that a few government schools are doing their best by tapping the strength of alumni network to impart NEET coaching.
Physician assistants can be trained to run clinics in rural India, says expert
There is a way to address the issue of insufficient doctors in the country. If enough number of youngsters are trained in public health, they can be given charge of clinics in rural areas, suggests C.V. Ramakrishnan, who pioneered the concept of physician assistant course in the country.
Speaking to The Hindu on the sidelines of the graduation day of Madras Medical Mission College of Health Sciences here on Wednesday, Dr. Ramakrishnan, adviser to Vikram Sarabhai Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda, who initiated the physician assistant course at the college in the 1990s, said the four-year physician assistant course run by the college could serve as a model for the country.
The students undergo four hours of clinical training every day and in the afternoons learn theory, which includes courses in basic medicine, biology, computer and information technology. Students also undergo internship at multi-disciplinary hospitals every year for two months. “A rural clinic is known for preventive medicine, maintaining hygiene of the surroundings and nutrition of the population,” said Dr. Ramakrishnan.
Instead of disinterested doctors being asked to spend a year in a rural primary health centre, an interested physician assistant could be given the job by incentivising him to improve his qualification and knowledge, he said. The model used by the Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and Family Welfare Trust where doctors adopt two or three families in a village for which they would be responsible is what he has in mind. Since physician assistants cannot work abroad, they could be motivated to do a masters degree in Public Health and be employed in rural clinics. Candidates could be offered an opportunity to pursue Ph.D by allowing them to pick up research material from the community, thus retaining them in the clinics.
On Wednesday, 86 graduates of the 2015-16 batch received their certificates and two meritorious students were awarded the gold medal.
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