In a first, MBBS, BDS admissions in TN go online
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:08.06.2019
For the first time, directorate of medical education has called for online registration of application for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses under state quota in government colleges and self-financing medical colleges affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr M G R Medical University.
The link for online registrations has been available on the state health department website (http:// www.tnhealth.org/) and state selection committee website (https://tnmedicalselection.net/) since Friday morning. By evening, 12,584 applications were downloaded and 7,741 candidates have made final submissions, according to the state selection committee secretary G Selvarajan.
Although submissions can be made online, students will have to send the hard copy of the application along with attachments for verification of documents.
“We tried to have the counselling completely online but we decided to go offline this year because we need to do the verification of documents such as nativity,” said health minister C Vijaya Baskar.
The state is also yet to decide on the implementation of quota for economically weaker section. “We may get additional seats if we implement it, but we have not decided anything on its implementation,” he said.
The state has 23 government medical colleges offering 3,250 seats this year. State managed colleges such as Raja Muthiah Medical College IRT, Perundurai and ESIC college in KK Nagar will have 350 seats, besides about 15 self-financing medical colleges.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:08.06.2019
For the first time, directorate of medical education has called for online registration of application for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses under state quota in government colleges and self-financing medical colleges affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr M G R Medical University.
The link for online registrations has been available on the state health department website (http:// www.tnhealth.org/) and state selection committee website (https://tnmedicalselection.net/) since Friday morning. By evening, 12,584 applications were downloaded and 7,741 candidates have made final submissions, according to the state selection committee secretary G Selvarajan.
Although submissions can be made online, students will have to send the hard copy of the application along with attachments for verification of documents.
“We tried to have the counselling completely online but we decided to go offline this year because we need to do the verification of documents such as nativity,” said health minister C Vijaya Baskar.
The state is also yet to decide on the implementation of quota for economically weaker section. “We may get additional seats if we implement it, but we have not decided anything on its implementation,” he said.
The state has 23 government medical colleges offering 3,250 seats this year. State managed colleges such as Raja Muthiah Medical College IRT, Perundurai and ESIC college in KK Nagar will have 350 seats, besides about 15 self-financing medical colleges.
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