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Chennai:
Even as the first phase of medical counselling continued for the fifth day on Wednesday , worried parents of the current batch of students did the figures and that said their wards are likely to face more trouble .
They said their calculations show that more than 1,800 students from the previous batches have the required cut-off to get a medical seat this year, and the current batch of students would be left with only about one-fifth of the seats.
The parents approached the court and claimed that their wards stand little chance of securing a medical seat, as they will compete for only 400 seats. “We worked out the cut-offs by comparing the rank lists of this year and previous years. We found that out of the 4,111 students who have cut-offs between 198.25 and 195, a total of 1,808 are from previous batches. With only 2,257 seats available in the state quota, what chance do the cur rent year students have,“ asked Gopinath, a parent. While the selection commit tee had repeatedly maintained that only 548 students from the previous batches would qualify this year, the parents claim cames as something of a shocker even to the advocates of the cur rent batch that has approached court.
“We expected more than 1,000 seats would be bagged by candi dates of the previous batches That 1,808 seats will go to the pre vious batches is atrocious,“said an advocate familiar with the case. “This clearly rules the the current batch out of the competi tion.“ The reason for several previ ous batch students scoring a seat this year is due to the fact that the current batch had scored less centums due to a combination of factors including question papers and evaluation.
Meanwhile, the fifth day of the first phase of medical counselling saw the allotment of 660 seats in MBBS and BDS courses.The selection committee had invited 1038 candidates out of which 76 were absent and 962 turned up at the venue.
“We allotted 501 seats in government medical colleges, 139 in private medical colleges and 20 in government dental colleges.There are 301 students on the waiting list,“ said a Directorate of Medical Education official.
Chennai:
Even as the first phase of medical counselling continued for the fifth day on Wednesday , worried parents of the current batch of students did the figures and that said their wards are likely to face more trouble .
They said their calculations show that more than 1,800 students from the previous batches have the required cut-off to get a medical seat this year, and the current batch of students would be left with only about one-fifth of the seats.
The parents approached the court and claimed that their wards stand little chance of securing a medical seat, as they will compete for only 400 seats. “We worked out the cut-offs by comparing the rank lists of this year and previous years. We found that out of the 4,111 students who have cut-offs between 198.25 and 195, a total of 1,808 are from previous batches. With only 2,257 seats available in the state quota, what chance do the cur rent year students have,“ asked Gopinath, a parent. While the selection commit tee had repeatedly maintained that only 548 students from the previous batches would qualify this year, the parents claim cames as something of a shocker even to the advocates of the cur rent batch that has approached court.
“We expected more than 1,000 seats would be bagged by candi dates of the previous batches That 1,808 seats will go to the pre vious batches is atrocious,“said an advocate familiar with the case. “This clearly rules the the current batch out of the competi tion.“ The reason for several previ ous batch students scoring a seat this year is due to the fact that the current batch had scored less centums due to a combination of factors including question papers and evaluation.
Meanwhile, the fifth day of the first phase of medical counselling saw the allotment of 660 seats in MBBS and BDS courses.The selection committee had invited 1038 candidates out of which 76 were absent and 962 turned up at the venue.
“We allotted 501 seats in government medical colleges, 139 in private medical colleges and 20 in government dental colleges.There are 301 students on the waiting list,“ said a Directorate of Medical Education official.
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