Admissions to top med colleges: CBSE students hold advantage

 Admissions to top med colleges: CBSE students hold advantage

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Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

26.01.2022

Chennai: CBSE students hold advantage over state board board students in getting admissions to top state medical colleges this year.

Among the top 1000 rank holders in the MBBS merit list for government quota seats released on Monday, 579 are CBSE students, 27 from other boards such as ISCE and 394 from the state board, according to the data provided by the directorate of medical education. This means that a majority of seats from top government colleges including Madras Medical College (MMC), Stanley Medical College, Kilpauk Medical College (KMC) would go to CBSE students this year. However, among the applicants, state board students constitute 64% while CBSE students account for 34% and other board studentsadd up to 2%.

"It will give a huge advantage to CBSE students in admission to top colleges as students within top 1000 ranks join colleges like MMC, KMC, Stanley Medical College, Madurai Medical College and Coimbatore Medical College," said Manickavel Arumugam, a students counsellor.

After reducing all-India quota seats and 7. 5% seats reserved for government school students, MMC has 197 seats, KMC has 117 seats while Stanley Medical College has  196.

"CBSE students are better prepared and their exam pattern encourages them to score more in NEET. State board students are yet to come out of the fear of entrance exams. Teachers should give them confidence and change their mindset. Syllabus revision for state board is also yet to reflect on NEET scores," he added.

Career consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi said state board students lack access to proper coaching compared to CBSE students.

"Students from affluent sections of the society alone are able to do well," P B Prince Gajendrababu, general secretary of State Platform for Common School System, said.

TN offers to take in AIIMS students

Tamil Nadu has offered to take in AIIMS Madurai students in Government Ramanathapuram Medical College, which will begin admissions for the first batch of undergraduate medical students for 2021batch in the upcoming medical counselling. “The college has facilities to accommodate 150 students, but it has the permission to admit just 100 students this year. We have told the centre that we can admit 50 more students who are admitted to AIIMS Madurai on this campus,” health minister Ma Subramanian said. The state, he said, is awaiting a reply from the centre.

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