Admission based on varsity rank list may defeat NEET's purpose
Adarsh Jain
The national eligibility cum entrance test (NEET) was expected to introduce transparency into MBBS admission in deemed universities.But CBSE, which conducts the exam, hasn't released a rank list that would have helped to ensure merit in the admission process. On top of that, a recent UGC order that allows deemed universities to create their own merit list from the pool of applications provides room for unscrupulous managements to favour capitation fee paying studen over others, say par ents.
V Ramasubbu, private bank employ ee, has applied a three private institu tions for his son “Without a merit lis framed by the stat government or th CBSE, it is tough t believe the admis sion process that pri vate universities wil follow,“ he says. “How will I know if my so is being given admis sion in the order of the score secured by candidates in NEET?“ he asks.
On September 15, the UGC asked 123 deemed universities to come out with an intra-merit list to carry out the admissions. “If for any reason common counselling is not being held by the state government or the deemed universities are not covered under the state government's common counselling, the latter should employ a transparent system of admission under which no meritorious student is denied admission in their campus. The admission should be purely done based on inter-se-merit applicants based on marks obtained in NEET,“ says deputy secretary of UGC Sunita Siwach.
It's not like the CBSE does not or has not followed the system of releasing a rank list to keep the admission process transparent. The joint entrance examination (JEE) that is the gateway for admission into the IITs, NITs, IITs and ISM Dhanbad, has a rank list that is available in the public domain after the results are published. The state's engineering admission system coordinated by Anna University, Chennai too follows a transparent admission system where the rank list is published in the public domain after scrutinising the applications. The health department too follows a similar system for admission in medical and dental courses.
CBSE officials however say that they do not have the orders to release a rank list like in the case of JEE.There is also the argument on the system that is followed in the graduate aptitude test for engineering (GATE) where again a rank list is not published in the public domain.
Private medical institutions have started issuing applications. Some are following the system of online application, while some are calling for applications through newspaper advertisements. “I do not know how many candidates have applied for admission. And, in the absence of the rank list, I also do not know if my son stands a chance to get admission in any of the universities we have applied to,“ said Ramasubbu.
The UGC, in its circular has asked deemed universities to submit a report after completing the admission process. “All admissions in MBBS BDS courses shall be in compliance with the rules mentioned in the September 15 circular. And a compliance report shall be submitted to the UGC after the completion of the admission process,“ said Siwach.Siwach.
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Sep 21 2016 : The Times of India (Chennai)
Adarsh Jain
The national eligibility cum entrance test (NEET) was expected to introduce transparency into MBBS admission in deemed universities.But CBSE, which conducts the exam, hasn't released a rank list that would have helped to ensure merit in the admission process. On top of that, a recent UGC order that allows deemed universities to create their own merit list from the pool of applications provides room for unscrupulous managements to favour capitation fee paying studen over others, say par ents.
V Ramasubbu, private bank employ ee, has applied a three private institu tions for his son “Without a merit lis framed by the stat government or th CBSE, it is tough t believe the admis sion process that pri vate universities wil follow,“ he says. “How will I know if my so is being given admis sion in the order of the score secured by candidates in NEET?“ he asks.
On September 15, the UGC asked 123 deemed universities to come out with an intra-merit list to carry out the admissions. “If for any reason common counselling is not being held by the state government or the deemed universities are not covered under the state government's common counselling, the latter should employ a transparent system of admission under which no meritorious student is denied admission in their campus. The admission should be purely done based on inter-se-merit applicants based on marks obtained in NEET,“ says deputy secretary of UGC Sunita Siwach.
It's not like the CBSE does not or has not followed the system of releasing a rank list to keep the admission process transparent. The joint entrance examination (JEE) that is the gateway for admission into the IITs, NITs, IITs and ISM Dhanbad, has a rank list that is available in the public domain after the results are published. The state's engineering admission system coordinated by Anna University, Chennai too follows a transparent admission system where the rank list is published in the public domain after scrutinising the applications. The health department too follows a similar system for admission in medical and dental courses.
CBSE officials however say that they do not have the orders to release a rank list like in the case of JEE.There is also the argument on the system that is followed in the graduate aptitude test for engineering (GATE) where again a rank list is not published in the public domain.
Private medical institutions have started issuing applications. Some are following the system of online application, while some are calling for applications through newspaper advertisements. “I do not know how many candidates have applied for admission. And, in the absence of the rank list, I also do not know if my son stands a chance to get admission in any of the universities we have applied to,“ said Ramasubbu.
The UGC, in its circular has asked deemed universities to submit a report after completing the admission process. “All admissions in MBBS BDS courses shall be in compliance with the rules mentioned in the September 15 circular. And a compliance report shall be submitted to the UGC after the completion of the admission process,“ said Siwach.Siwach.
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