NEET-based admissions may leave many AYUSH seats vacant
Yoga And Naturopathy Courses May Be Exempt
Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:28.06.2019
Hundreds of undergraduate seats for AYUSH courses in Tamil Nadu are likely to remain vacant if the government is forced to adopt NEET-based admissions this year against the conventional method of using Class XII marks.
In 2018, when the state managed to exempt itself from NEET-based admissions, 516 of the 1,515 seats fell vacant. Health minister C Vijayabaskar said representations had been sent to the Central Council of Indian Medicine, the apex body which monitors and regulates traditional medical education and practices in the country, to exempt the state from NEET. “Last year, we evaded NEET as the amendment to the Indian Medicine General Council Act wasn’t made. This year, the Centre has brought in the amendment. As a policy, we are against NEET and we are trying our best to seek exemption,” he told the media.
Health department officials, however, say yoga and naturopathy courses alone may be exempt from the rule as there is no board for the stream unlike for ayurveda, siddha, unani and homeopathy. The Commissionerate for Indian Medicine in Tamil Nadu has asked the selection committee to begin admissions for Bachelors of Yoga and Naturopathy Medicine by July 1. Sale of applications will be on till July 19, with the rank list likely to be out by July 25. Dates for the other courses are yet to be finalised.
Traditional medicine practioners say NEET is likely to spell the doom for traditional medicine courses. “Many students who opt for such courses are from the rural areas of the state. Since there was no clarity on NEET, many students may not have even appeared for the exam. Chances of them clearing the exam are poor. It will be difficult for managements to even fill 50% of the seats,” said Dr M Selvin Innocentdhas, a Kanyakumaribased siddha practitioner.
Last year, the selection committee reduced the eligibility to 35% marks in Class XII examinations. Yet, more than 60% seats in yoga and 40% seats in homeopathy were vacant. Since there is only one college with 60 seats for unani, there were no vacancies in that stream, a senior Indian medicine official said. The selection committee held the counselling after admissions to MBBS, BDS and some paramedical courses. While seats in many nursing and pharmacy colleges were filled, there were vacancies in AYUSH. “Quality of students may improve, it may take a long time for seats to get filled,” said Dr Innocentdhas.
Yoga And Naturopathy Courses May Be Exempt
Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:28.06.2019
Hundreds of undergraduate seats for AYUSH courses in Tamil Nadu are likely to remain vacant if the government is forced to adopt NEET-based admissions this year against the conventional method of using Class XII marks.
In 2018, when the state managed to exempt itself from NEET-based admissions, 516 of the 1,515 seats fell vacant. Health minister C Vijayabaskar said representations had been sent to the Central Council of Indian Medicine, the apex body which monitors and regulates traditional medical education and practices in the country, to exempt the state from NEET. “Last year, we evaded NEET as the amendment to the Indian Medicine General Council Act wasn’t made. This year, the Centre has brought in the amendment. As a policy, we are against NEET and we are trying our best to seek exemption,” he told the media.
Health department officials, however, say yoga and naturopathy courses alone may be exempt from the rule as there is no board for the stream unlike for ayurveda, siddha, unani and homeopathy. The Commissionerate for Indian Medicine in Tamil Nadu has asked the selection committee to begin admissions for Bachelors of Yoga and Naturopathy Medicine by July 1. Sale of applications will be on till July 19, with the rank list likely to be out by July 25. Dates for the other courses are yet to be finalised.
Traditional medicine practioners say NEET is likely to spell the doom for traditional medicine courses. “Many students who opt for such courses are from the rural areas of the state. Since there was no clarity on NEET, many students may not have even appeared for the exam. Chances of them clearing the exam are poor. It will be difficult for managements to even fill 50% of the seats,” said Dr M Selvin Innocentdhas, a Kanyakumaribased siddha practitioner.
Last year, the selection committee reduced the eligibility to 35% marks in Class XII examinations. Yet, more than 60% seats in yoga and 40% seats in homeopathy were vacant. Since there is only one college with 60 seats for unani, there were no vacancies in that stream, a senior Indian medicine official said. The selection committee held the counselling after admissions to MBBS, BDS and some paramedical courses. While seats in many nursing and pharmacy colleges were filled, there were vacancies in AYUSH. “Quality of students may improve, it may take a long time for seats to get filled,” said Dr Innocentdhas.
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