90% of med seats in deemed univs vacant across country
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Pushpa Narayan
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Chennai:
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More than 90% of MBBSBDS
seats in deemed universities across the country remain vacant at the end
of the first round of counselling conducted by Directorate General of
Health Services, New Delhi.The last date to report at the deemed
universities concerned or `resign' allotted seats ended on July 22, and
the DGHS has begun the second round of coun
selling for which allotments would be announced on August 8.
In the
first round, allotments were made for up to all-India rank of 6,47,124
for available seats. This year, for
the first time, DGHS is conducting MBBSBDS admissions for deemed
universities based on NEET-2017 scores.
On Tuesday , when the DGHS published vacancies on its webpage, it was
found that most of the allotted students had either not reported at the
universities concerned, or chose to “resign“ the allotment. At the eight
deemed universities in Tamil Nadu, offering 1,185 seats under the
management quota, 1,073 seats remain vacant. Of the 143 NRI quota seats,
85 were vacant. Some like ACS Medical College in Chennai are yet to get
even one student, while others like Meenakshi Medical College Hospital
in Chennai and Vinayaka Mission in Salem managed to get three students
each.
Top universities in other states too are no exception. At Mumbaibased DY Patil Medical College Hospital, just four management quota seats and 10 NRI quota seats were taken. At Manipal-based Kasturba Medical College, 160 of 212 MBBS seats and 30 of 38 NRI seats were vacant, while 124 of 127 management seats and all NRI seats remain vacant at Visakhapatmam-based GITAM Institute of Medical Sciences.
Officials of various college said they called many students individually to check why they had not turned up for admissions, and the responses were similar -they wanted to wait for second round of counselling in government quota and at least first round of counselling in their states. “DGHS should have started admission process for deemed universities after completing process for 15% All India Quota.It would have given time for students to see if they had a chance for better options in government colleges within their state,“ said Sa veetha Medical College dean T Gunasagaran.
Ravi Kumar, parent of a student allotted a seat in Chennai-based SRM University , said he decided to forgo it because of exorbitant fee.“The tuition fee is `23 lakh a year. I may have to shell out an additional `3 lakh towards other expenses, including hostel fee, laboratory fee and university fee. I decided to wait for state counselling. I am hoping he will get into a state-run college where the entire course fee is less than `80,000,“ he said.
The second phase of seat allotment in deemed universities will be held on August 5 and 7 along with the second phase in government colleges. The vacant seats will be transferred to the respective universities on August 27 after mop-up counselling on August 21. If adequate number of seats are still not filled, the universities will have three days to complete admissions before the MCI_fixed August 31 deadline.
Until 2015, deemed universities were allowed to admit students either based on an entrance or Class XII marks. In 2016, following a Supreme Court order, students were admitted based on NEET scores.This year, the Supreme Court directed MCI to organise centralised counselling for all deemed universities.
DGHS officials said they did not expect so many seats to remain vacant. “... Although we expected there may be some resignations, we did not expect such a high percentage. We are hoping to complete admission before mop-up,“ a senior official refusing to be named said.The DGHS has not announced any revision in dates of counselling.
Top universities in other states too are no exception. At Mumbaibased DY Patil Medical College Hospital, just four management quota seats and 10 NRI quota seats were taken. At Manipal-based Kasturba Medical College, 160 of 212 MBBS seats and 30 of 38 NRI seats were vacant, while 124 of 127 management seats and all NRI seats remain vacant at Visakhapatmam-based GITAM Institute of Medical Sciences.
Officials of various college said they called many students individually to check why they had not turned up for admissions, and the responses were similar -they wanted to wait for second round of counselling in government quota and at least first round of counselling in their states. “DGHS should have started admission process for deemed universities after completing process for 15% All India Quota.It would have given time for students to see if they had a chance for better options in government colleges within their state,“ said Sa veetha Medical College dean T Gunasagaran.
Ravi Kumar, parent of a student allotted a seat in Chennai-based SRM University , said he decided to forgo it because of exorbitant fee.“The tuition fee is `23 lakh a year. I may have to shell out an additional `3 lakh towards other expenses, including hostel fee, laboratory fee and university fee. I decided to wait for state counselling. I am hoping he will get into a state-run college where the entire course fee is less than `80,000,“ he said.
The second phase of seat allotment in deemed universities will be held on August 5 and 7 along with the second phase in government colleges. The vacant seats will be transferred to the respective universities on August 27 after mop-up counselling on August 21. If adequate number of seats are still not filled, the universities will have three days to complete admissions before the MCI_fixed August 31 deadline.
Until 2015, deemed universities were allowed to admit students either based on an entrance or Class XII marks. In 2016, following a Supreme Court order, students were admitted based on NEET scores.This year, the Supreme Court directed MCI to organise centralised counselling for all deemed universities.
DGHS officials said they did not expect so many seats to remain vacant. “... Although we expected there may be some resignations, we did not expect such a high percentage. We are hoping to complete admission before mop-up,“ a senior official refusing to be named said.The DGHS has not announced any revision in dates of counselling.
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