Friday, December 6, 2019

Univ yet to register 1st-year medicos as it awaits clearance from cops on Neet scam

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:06.12.2019

With the deadline nearing for registering firstyear MBBS students admitted to colleges affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, the varsity might miss the date as the CB-CID investigating the NEET scam and forensic officials screening fingerprints are yet to clear the students’ names.

University registration by the second week of December is required to allow students appear for written and practical examinations. Delay in registration could affect the exam schedule of first-year students.

“We have received the name list, but we won’t be able to proceed with the registration until we have clearance from the investigating agencies,” university vicechancellor Dr Sudha Seshayyan said.

Besides this, Sri Muthukumaran Medical College, a self-financing college, had excess admissions. “The court has declared some admissions by the college illegal. But the college has sent us names of 152 candidates for registration. We can’t regularise this. We have sought clarification from the state selection committee and college authorities,” another senior official said. The college has also been asked to submit compliance report as directed by the court for accreditation.

In September, an anonymous email sent to the Government Theni Medical College dean alerted the state about impersonation scam in NEET 2019. At least four students were caught impersonating in their entrance test.

Based on orders from the Madras high court, fingerprints of all first-year medical students in the state were taken for verification. The National Testing Agency, the nodal agency that conducts the entrance exam, sent fingerprints of students for examination.

The deans of all medical colleges — government and private — also collected fingerprints of students in colleges and sent them to the directorate of medical education. “We have submitted all fingerprints to the police,” said director of medical education Dr R Narayanababu.

A senior police official incharge of the case said the verification process was still on. “There are more than 6,000 candidates. We must verify thumb prints of each candidate on paper. This takes time,” the official said.

University registration by the second week of December is required to allow students to appear for exams

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