Telangana govt to hold 2 separate entrance tests for admission into MBBS course

Our Bureau, Hyderabad
Thursday, April 07, 2016, 08:00 Hrs [IST]

The Telangana state government has released a separate TS-MCET (Telangana State Medical Common Entrance Test) notification for holding entrance test for MBBS admissions in private medical colleges across the state.

To take a decision in this regard, a team of senior officials from Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE), Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences from Warangal and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, from Hyderabad held a meeting on Monday and have decided to conduct a separate TS-MCET for the first time for MBBS admissions in private medical colleges in the state. As per the notification the admissions for ‘B’ category MBBS and BDS seats in the private medical and dental colleges for the year 2016-17 will be held online through TS-MECET on 20th May, while or ‘A’ category MBBS seats students will have to appear for TS-EAMCET to be held on 2nd May.

Earlier, the B category MBBS seats in private colleges were also filled through the ranking of usual EAMCET (Engineering, Agriculture and Medical common Entrance Test), but after bifurcation of the state, both the states have decided to conduct their own separate tests from the year 2015-16 onwards. In view of this, the TS government wanted to conduct two tests for MBBS seats, one is the usual TS-EAMCET, wherein the meritorious students will gain admissions to ‘A’ category MBBS seats in government medical colleges based on their ranks, while the second test ‘TS-MCET’ would cater to admissions for ‘B’ category MBBS seats in private medical colleges.

However some sections of the students are of the opinion that two tests will be a big burden on the students, as they have to shell out double amount for applying two entrance tests for the same admissions. “The government’s decision to conduct two tests for MBBS admissions in Government and Private Colleges is a burdensome affair for the students. They should have conducted only one TS-EAMCET to cater for filling up of both ‘A’, ‘B’, and BDS seats as done earlier, and could have done admission counseling for both government and private college simultaneously based on the ranks obtained in the entrance test,” opined Priyanka, an aspiring medical student.

On the other hand the officials are of the opinion that the main reason to hold two entrance tests is to provide a reliable path for admissions into private medical colleges and put a halt to the corrupt practices and illegally selling the MBBS seats to ineligible students for money. “This will give a systematic procedure for the private medical colleges to adopt and conduct MBBS admissions based on merit and prevent illegal sales of seats to ineligible students,” opined a senior officer in the Health department.