பெருந்துறை மருத்துவ கல்லுாரி கட்டணத்தை குறைக்குது அரசு?

பெருந்துறை மருத்துவ கல்லுாரி கட்டணத்தை குறைக்குது அரசு?

Added : பிப் 08, 2021 23:41

சென்னை : சிதம்பரம் ராஜா முத்தையா மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியை தொடர்ந்து, ஈரோடு, பெருந்துறை மருத்துவ கல்லுாரி கட்டணத்தையும், அரசு கட்டணமாக நிர்ணயிக்க வேண்டும் என, சுகாதாரத்துறை செயலரிடம், மாணவர்கள் மனு அளித்துள்ளனர்.

தமிழக போக்குவரத்து துறை நடத்தி வந்த, பெருந்துறை ஐ.ஆர்.டி., மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியை, தமிழக சுகாதாரத்துறை ஏற்றுள்ளது. ஆனால், மருத்துவ கட்டணம், பழைய நிலையிலேயே வசூலிக்கப்படுகிறது. கோரிக்கைசுகாதாரத்துறை கட்டுப்பாட்டில் வந்த பின், அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில் வசூலிப்பது போல, கட்டணம் நிர்ணயிக்க வேண்டும் என்ற, கோரிக்கை எழுந்துஉள்ளது.இந்நிலையில், கடலுார் மாவட்டம், சிதம்பரம் ராஜா முத்தையா மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியை, தமிழக அரசு ஏற்றது.

அங்கு, மாணவர்கள் நடத்தி வந்த தொடர் போராட்டத்தை அடுத்து, அங்கு அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளுக்கான கட்டணம் வசூலிக்கப்படும் என, அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது. இதன்படி, எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., படிப்பிற்கு, 13 ஆயிரத்து, 610 ரூபாய்; பி.டி.எஸ்., படிப்பிற்கு, 11 ஆயிரத்து, 610 ரூபாய்; பட்ட மேற்படிப்புக்கு, 30 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய்; டிப்ளமா படிப்பிற்கு, 20 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் கட்டணம். பி.எஸ்சி., நர்சிங் படிப்பிற்கு, 5,000 ரூபாய் கட்டணம்.

நம்பிக்கை : இதபோல, அரசு ஏற்றுள்ள, ஈரோடு மாவட்டம், பெருந்துறை ஐ.ஆர்.டி., மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியில், கல்வி கட்டணத்தை மாற்றி அமைக்க வேண்டும் என, தமிழக மருத்துவ மாணவர்கள் சங்க பிரதிநிதிகள் கோரிக்கை விடுத்து உள்ளனர்.சுகாதாரத்துறை செயலர் ராதாகிருஷ்ணனை சந்தித்து, மாணவர்கள் நேற்று மனு அளித்தனர். ஐந்து நாட்களில், கல்வி கட்டணம் மாற்றி அமைக்கப்படும் என, செயலர் நம்பிக்கை தெரிவித்ததாக, மாணவர்கள் கூறினர்.

Officials dealing in public money need to follow norms, says SC

Officials dealing in public money need to follow norms, says SC

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New Delhi:09.02.2021

The Supreme Court on Monday said bank officers dealing in public money need to be vigilant and any deviation from the procedural norms for disbursing loans should be dealt with sternly.

While upholding the punishment of compulsory retirement for a bank manager, a bench of justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah said such misconduct is very grave and the punishment is lenient. “The manager of a bank plays a vital role in managing the affairs of the bank. A bank officer/employee deals with public money. The nature of his work demands vigilance with the inbuilt requirement to act carefully. If an officer/employee of the bank is allowed to act beyond his authority, the bank’s discipline will disappear. When the procedural norms are issued for grant of loans, officers/employees are required to follow the same meticulously and any deviation will lead to erosion of public trust on the banks,” it said.

In this case, the manager of Lakhimi Gaolia Bank had sanctioned and disbursed loans without following the due procedure. The inquiry conducted against him came to the conclusion that he disbursed loans irregularly in some instances to units without any shop/business. After going through the report, the bench said the punishment of compulsory retirement was not disproportionate and dismissed his plea.

187 students, 75 teachers test positive in Kerala

187 students, 75 teachers test positive in Kerala

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Kozhikode:09.02.2021

A total of 187 students and 75 teachers in two schools in Malappuram district have tested positive for Covid-19. RT-PCR tests were conducted at the Government Higher Secondary School, Maranchery and the Vanneri Higher Secondary School, Perumbadappu on Friday.

By Sunday evening, it was revealed that 148 students and 39 teaching staff at Maranchery school were infected, while the samples of 39 students and 36 teachers at Vanneri school also tested positive. The infected students are mainly from Marancheri, Perumbadappu, Veliyamkode in Malappuram district and Vadakkekkad in Thrissur.

Samples were collected from tenth standard students of Maranchery school earlier, while samples of plus-two students were collected on Monday. The health department has asked all those who came in contact with the infected persons to go on isolation. District medical officer (DMO) Dr K Sakeena has asked all schools in the district to maintain vigil.

A tenth standard student of the Maranchery school had tested Covid-19 positive on February 1. It was decided to conduct large-scale tests on suspicion of a spread. “Around 582 students and 50 staff at the Maranchery school were tested,” she said. Tests were conducted at the Vanneri school after a teacher tested positive, Dr Sakeena said.

In CBI Vyapam chargesheet, how med seats were ‘illegally allocated’ from state quota

In CBI Vyapam chargesheet, how med seats were ‘illegally allocated’ from state quota

P.Naveen@timesgroup.com

Bhopal:  09.02.2021 

A recent CBI chargesheet in a Vyapam scam case has mentioned in detail how a section of officers at the directorate of medical education (DME) allegedly overlooked norms in connivance with directors of some medical colleges to 'illegally' allot seats to candidates.

The chargesheet, running into over 4,000 pages and naming 60 people, relates to alleged rigging of Pre-Medical Test (PMT) conducted by Vyapam in 2011. It names Dr S C Tiwari and Dr N M Srivastava as the director, medical education, and joint director, medical education, in 2011. Tiwari was then chairman of the counselling committee of MP PMT-2011 and Shrivastava its coordinator.

Investigation has revealed that on November 11, 2011, Srivastava wrote to registrars of Barkatullah University-Bhopal, Devi Ahilya Bai University-Indore, Rani Durgavati University- Jabalpur and Jiwaji University-Gwalior that DME had completed PMT-2011 counselling to fill 50% state quota seats in private medical and dental colleges in compliance with a Supreme Court order, says the probe agency.

The universities were told to get the list of admitted candidates verified from DME before issuing the registration letter. However, in a letter dated July 13, 2012, to the Barkatullah University Registrar, Srivastava had verified and forwarded the list of candidates admitted under state quota by Chirayu Medical College for that session.

Srivastava verified the names of 47 state quota candidates, who did not attend the counselling or were not issued any allotment letters by the committee, says the CBI chargesheet, alleging that these were admitted illegally by the college on its own on September 30, 2011, against vacant state quota seats. The chargesheet claims forwarding of the list as proof of Srivastava’s “ulterior motive”.

On Tiwari, the chargesheet says that it was his responsibility, as chairman of the counselling committee, to conduct the counseling within deadline and according to procedure, but he couldn’t get it done in time.

“He also failed to implement rules and procedures, which gave the opportunity to ineligible candidates who appeared in the counseling to get seats and vacate them in connivance with college authorities,” the chargesheet alleges.

Tiwari did not take any action against Chirayu Medical College on the ‘illegal admissions’, the agency has said. The chargesheet alleges that Tiwari and Shrivastava were present during counselling for left-out seats conducted on September 28, 2011, when Girish Kanitkar, a representative of Chirayu Medical College, “falsely reported only one vacant seat to the counselling committee”.

“If the college declared only one vacant seat on 28/29 September, 2011, before the counselling committee, how did the college administration admit 47 candidates against vacant MPPMT seats on September 30, 2011? But they (Tiwari and Shrivastava) did not raise any question or take any action against the college,” the chargesheet says.

The central agency also alleges negligence by Dr G P Naik and Dr Asha Srivastava, who headed the scrutiny committees for the three rounds of PMT counselling, and Dr Mohan Shinde and Dr Rinni Malik, who headed separate allotment committees. CBI recommends action against them for their ‘lapses’.

The chargesheet accuses the Barkatullah University registrar of negligence in issuing registration/enrolment numbers to 39 ineligible candidates who were not allotted seats in PMT counselling but were allegedly ‘illegally admitted’ by Chirayu on the last day, September 30, 2011. It recommends action against the registrar as well. The agency has also called for action against the college for “illegal admission” of eight DMAT candidates on PMT/state quota seats and six non-DMAT candidates on vacant DMAT seats.

Top officials queue up for jab, say all’s well

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Top officials queue up for jab, say all’s well

Leading By Example: Bureaucrats, Cops Turn Up For Vaccine Across MP

Amarjeet.Singh1@timesgroup.com

Bhopal:09.02.2021 

A majority of senior district officials, including collectors, commissioners and superintendents of police, got vaccinated on Monday as vaccination of frontline workers started in a bid to motivate other staffers.

In state capital, Bhopal, vaccination of the frontline workers started with divisional commissioner Kavindra Kiyawat and district collector Avinash Lavania getting vaccinated.

Health minister Prabhuram Chowdhary also visited the vaccination booth at the district collectorate.

Likewise, in Jabalpur, it was district collector Karamveer Sharma who started the vaccination drive by getting vaccinated first. Sources said different officials have decided different dates for vaccination — one day, divisional commissioner will get vaccinated, and then the district SP will get vaccinated.

In Rewa district, it were the divisional commissioner, IG police and Rewa district collector who got themselves vaccinated first. In Gwalior too, district officials started the vaccination drive. However, the district collector and other senior officials will get vaccinated on February 10. Despite these attempts, the overall vaccination turnout was low throughout the day as only 38 per cent vaccination turnout was reported in the state.

SC asks govt to reduce medical cut-off marks

SC asks govt to reduce medical cut-off marks

‘Low Qualifying Mark Doesn’t Affect Standard’

Dhananjay.Mahapatra@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:09.02.2021 

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that reducing the cut-off marks for admissions to courses does not lower the standards of education and overruled the Union government by directing lowering of qualifying marks by 10 percentile points to help private colleges fill nearly 7,000 BDS seats for the academic year 2020-21 by February 18.

A bench of Justices L N Rao and Krishna Murari accepted senior advocate Maninder Singh’s argument that the government could not have refused to accept Dental Council of India’s recommendations for lowering the qualifying marks by 20 percentile points on the ground that lowering the cut-off mark could have adverse impact on education standards. Singh had said the Union government had earlier accepted similar recommendations for lowering cut-off for super speciality courses in medical sciences.

Writing the judgment, Justice Rao said, “If reducing minimum marks amounts to lowering the standards, the Union government would not do so for super speciality courses. We are in agreement with Singh, counsel for the petitioners, that lowering the minimum marks and reducing the percentile for admission to the first-year BDS course would not amount to lowering the standards of education.” It ordered admissions to BDS courses strictly on merit and said the process of admission be completed by February 18.

The bench also found force in additional solicitor general Aishwarya Bhati’s argument that fees charged by private dental colleges were a deterrent in filling up seats. “Only 265 out of 7,000 vacant seats are in government colleges. All the other unfilled seats are in private dental colleges. The managements of private dental colleges shall consider reducing the fee charged by them to encourage students to join the colleges,” the SC said.

“We direct that the vacant seats in first year BDS course for the year 2020-2021 shall be filled up from candidates who have participated in NEET (UG) for the year 2020-2021 after lowering the percentile mark by 10 percentile points,” it added.

This means general category candidates with 40 percentile points, SC/ST/OBCs with 30 percentile points and physically challenged candidates with 35 percentile points would be eligible for admission to BDS courses in government and private colleges.

Singh had relied on proceedings relating to lowering of minimum marks for super speciality courses for the year 2019-2020 and for admission in Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) - UG courses for the year 2020-2021. He argued that 7,000 seats in BDS courses were vacant and the available infrastructure would be wasted.

Bhati submitted that 7.71 lakh candidates were found to be eligible for filling up 82,000 MBBS and 28,000 BDS seats, thus for each vacant seat seven candidates were available. She said the Centre decided against lowering the qualifying marks as there were sufficient dentists in India. “Lack of keenness of students to join BDS, especially in private colleges which charge exorbitant fees, as they are interested in MBBS courses, is yet another ground,” she said.

The apex court asked the Centre to lower the cutoff by 10 percentile points to help private colleges fill nearly 7,000

Court quashes KSLU’s even semester exams

Court quashes KSLU’s even semester exams

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Bengaluru:09.02.2021 

The high court on Monday asked the Karnataka State Law University to announce a fresh timetable for students of the first four years of the course, scheduling examinations of odd semesters only.

As far as even semester exams are concerned, students have to be assessed on the basis of their internal assessments to the extent of 50% and the remaining considering their performance in the previous semester (if available). Markscards should also be issued on the same terms vis-avis even semesters, the court said, quashing the November 1, 2020 press release issued by the Bar Council of India and subsequent circular dated November 9, 2020 by KSLU.

The consequential timetable issued by KSLU, along with notifications dated January 13 and 29, 2021, have also been quashed.

Disposing of the petitions filed by law students, Justice R Devdas noted the decisions taken by BCI and KSLU are not backed by expert opinion, unlike the guidelines issued by UGC, keeping in mind the situation created by the pandemic.

The petitioners’ main grievance was with regard to conduct of exams through offline physical mode for intermediate semester students. As per BCI guidelines on November 1, 2020, both online and offline exam options should have been given, they said, adding that KSLU was forcing students to undergo multiple exams in a year, which is beyond their capacity and legitimate expectations.

The university must release a fresh timetable for odd semesters of the first four years