Fees for medical and dental seats likely to increase by 10%
Tanu Kulkarni
Bengaluru, April 14, 2018 00:00 IST
It will apply to government quota and institutional quota seats
Students aspiring for medical and dental seats in the State will have to brace themselves up as fees are likely to be increased by 10% for the 2018-2019 academic year. It will apply to government quota and institutional quota seats.
With this hike, an MBBS seat is likely to cost Rs. 77,000 for the government quota category in private medical colleges. A seat under the institutional quota in private medical colleges may cost Rs. 6.32 lakh.
The fees for postgraduate courses have been increased by 15%.
There has been a steep increase in the fee structure for medical and dental courses since the introduction of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test. Despite this, Karnataka has one of the lowest fee structure for these courses when compared with other States.
M.R. Jayaram, chairman Karnataka Professional Colleges Foundation, said that they were demanding that the fees be increased by 15%. “The State government had already agreed to a 10% hike last year for the coming two years. We want an additional increase, but the State government is not agreeing to our demand,” he said.
Officials in the Medical Education Department said that the logistics of the counselling and modalities of the fee structure was likely to be discussed in the coming fortnight.
Likely fees if hike
comes into effect
Govt. quota in private medical college: Rs. 77,000
Institutional quota dental seats: Rs. 6.32 lakh
Govt. quota seats in dental colleges: Rs. 49,000
Institutional quota dental seats: Rs. 4.29 lakh
Tanu Kulkarni Bengaluru, April 14, 2018 00:00 IST
It will apply to government quota and institutional quota seats
Students aspiring for medical and dental seats in the State will have to brace themselves up as fees are likely to be increased by 10% for the 2018-2019 academic year. It will apply to government quota and institutional quota seats.
With this hike, an MBBS seat is likely to cost Rs. 77,000 for the government quota category in private medical colleges. A seat under the institutional quota in private medical colleges may cost Rs. 6.32 lakh.
The fees for postgraduate courses have been increased by 15%.
There has been a steep increase in the fee structure for medical and dental courses since the introduction of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test. Despite this, Karnataka has one of the lowest fee structure for these courses when compared with other States.
M.R. Jayaram, chairman Karnataka Professional Colleges Foundation, said that they were demanding that the fees be increased by 15%. “The State government had already agreed to a 10% hike last year for the coming two years. We want an additional increase, but the State government is not agreeing to our demand,” he said.
Officials in the Medical Education Department said that the logistics of the counselling and modalities of the fee structure was likely to be discussed in the coming fortnight.
Likely fees if hike
comes into effect
Govt. quota in private medical college: Rs. 77,000
Institutional quota dental seats: Rs. 6.32 lakh
Govt. quota seats in dental colleges: Rs. 49,000
Institutional quota dental seats: Rs. 4.29 lakh
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