₹16cr fund sanctioned for medicos admitted through 7.5% quota rule

₹16cr fund sanctioned for medicos admitted through 7.5% quota rule

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:01.12.2020

The Tamil Nadu government has sanctioned ₹16 crore revolving fund which would be used for paying fees of the MBBS and BDS course students admitted through the 7.5% quota for government school students.

A government order to this effect was issued by health secretary J Radhakrishnan on Monday. This follows announcements by chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami that the state government would bear the cost of education of these students.

According to a calculation given by the Director of Medical Education (DME), the tentative cost of fees and other charges to be paid by these students for the first year would be ₹15.85 crore.

This calculation is for 209 students admitted to MBBS courses in government medical colleges, six in government dental college and 104 in self-financed medical colleges and 80 in dental colleges.

The revolving fund would be operated by the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Ltd. The government would also take separate measures to help students avail benefits of scholarships and educational assistance under various categories that they are eligible for. The amount so received would be used to partly replenish the revolving fund from concerned departments, the GO stated.

Incidentally, this announcement comes on a day when the opposition party DMK tweeted they had taken care of educational expenses of seven students from government schools who had gotten into medical and dental colleges.

Last month, the TN government brought in a 7.5% quota for government school students in medical and dental seats. The students would have had to be in government schools from Class VI-XII and also clear NEET.

More than 300 MBBS seats in government and self-financing medical colleges would now be available for students from government schools.