Don’t insist on fee, first admit medical students under 7.5% quota: DME - The Times Of India

 Don’t insist on fee, first admit medical students under 7.5% quota: DME - The Times Of India

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Trichy/Chennai: 21.11.2020 

The directorate of medical education on Friday asked government and self-financing medical colleges in the state to admit students who were allotted seats under the 7.5% NEET quota for governmnet school students without insisting on their paying up their fees first. A total 405 seats were reserved for government school students under the 7.5% NEET quota in 71 medical and dental colleges in the state.

“Students allotted seats under the NEET quota should not be denied admission for payment of fee at any cost. Post-matric and other financial aid will be appropriately taken care of,” director of medical education Dr R Narayanababu said in a letter to deans of medical colleges.

“Any student denied admission should be called back and given admission as per the notification,” he said. The direction came as a huge relief for many students and parents, especially those allotted government quota seats in private medical colleges who were running from pillar to post to arrange for money for the fees. Most of the parents of these students are daily wage earners.

By the time the directions came in the afternoon, M Thangavel one of three students from Trichy, who were allotted seats in private colleges, had paid the fee. Thangavel had approached the private medical college in Perambalur on Friday to confirm his seat when he was asked to pay the fee by evening. “My ailing parents had to borrow to pay ₹3.75 lakh by afternoon as they feared I would lose the seat,” said Thangavel.

At least 405 seats were reserved for government school students under the 7.5% NEET quota

Parents of govt school students worry about affording tuition later

Trichy/Chennai: “My ailing parents had to borrow to pay ₹3.75 lakh by afternoon as they feared I would lose the seat,” said Thangavel. “I was happy to be allotted a MBBS seat on Thursday, but my happiness evaporated seeing my parents become debtors to help me realise my dream of becoming a doctor,” he said.

M Joan of Arc, coordinator for free NEET coaching in Trichy, said sponsors could be arranged for a couple of students who got MBBS seats in government colleges. “But this was not possible for those who got seats in private colleges as the fee was too high,” he said.

Another student in Velliangadu in Coimbatore P Bistis Prisca was asked to pay ₹4 lakh of ₹6.5 lakh, the fee for one year, within a week. Her father SPrabhakaran said, “We don’t know what to do. But we cannot afford to pay such a huge amount without help.”

R Deepika is one among eight students from Madurai to get MBBS seat in self-financing medical colleges under the NEET quota. Her father R Ravichandran on Friday submitted a petition to district collector T Anbalagan seeking financial aid.

“We were relieved that the government has said we can get admission without paying now. But, even if eventually we have to pay, we will not be able to manage with our meagre income. We need the help of the government or some sponsor,” he said.

Min to fund Karur student’s dream

Trichy:

Transport minister M R Vijayabhaskar has stepped in to pay fees for all five years of MBBS for S Marimuthu of Vaangal in Karur district, a government school student who scored 227 in NEET and got an MBBS seat under 7.5% reservation. He was alloted seat in the government medical college in Karur district. His father M Subramani, 57, lost his job as an ice cream seller, due to the lockdown. TNN