Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Early admissions may cost toppers govt med seats

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: 12.06.2018


The tentative schedule for medical counselling in the state may put students with higher rank at risk of losing seats in government colleges, including premier ones, as the state selection committee is planning to wrap up schedules even before the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) surrenders unfilled seats to the state.

Counselling for 15% of seats in the 22 government colleges is done online by the New Delhi-based DGHS. The directorate has announced that it will hold two rounds of counselling and return vacant seats in government colleges to the state government by July 23. But the tentative counselling schedule released by the state government says the first round of counselling will be held between June 1 and 6 and the second phase between June 16 and 21. “These are tentative dates. We have said it is subject to change based on all-India counselling. We are yet to decide whether to have a third round or push the second round by a week. In any case, we plan to commence classes by August 1 and close admissions by August 18,” said selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan.

Most students and parents have urged the state to postpone the second round of counselling by at least a week. “The system is already confusing and lacks transparency. As of now, since students know only individual scores and rankings, it is tough to make a guess on the kind of college they would get. In addition, the rules prohibit admission to students who are allotted seats in the second round of DGHS counselling,” said S Santhanakrishnan whose son is aspiring to join an MBBS course.

The state will start its first round of counselling after DGHS allots seats in round 1. “After the end of round one, we will have a fair idea about cut-offs,” said Senthil R, who has cleared NEET. “I have scored above 200 but I don’t know if I can get a seat in a government college. If I join a self-financing college and they do a separate counselling for returned seats, students with lesser marks may join government colleges. That is unfair,” he said.

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