மருத்துவ படிப்புகளுக்கு இன்று பொது பிரிவு கவுன்சிலிங் துவக்கம்

மருத்துவ படிப்புகளுக்கு இன்று பொது பிரிவு கவுன்சிலிங் துவக்கம்

Updated : நவ 23, 2020 02:25 | Added : நவ 23, 2020 02:22

சென்னை: மருத்துவ படிப்பில், பொது பிரிவினருக்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கை கவுன்சிலிங், இன்று நடைபெற உள்ளது.

கவுன்சிலிங் வளாகத்தில், கொரோனா வழிகாட்டுதல்களை பின்பற்ற, மாணவர்களுக்கு அறிவுறுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.தமிழக அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டில், 4,179 எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., - - 1,230 பி.டி.எஸ்., இடங்கள் உள்ளன. நிர்வாக ஒதுக்கீட்டில், 953 எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., -- 695 பி.டி.எஸ்., இடங்கள் உள்ளன. இந்த இடங்களுக்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கை, சென்னை, நேரு உள் விளையாட்டு அரங்கில் நடந்து வருகிறது.

அதில், அரசு பள்ளி மாணவர்களுக்கான, 7.5 சதவீத உள் ஒதுக்கீட்டில், 399 இடங்கள்; சிறப்பு பிரிவில், 60 இடங்கள் என, 459 இடங்கள் நிரம்பியுள்ளன.அதைத் தொடர்ந்து, பொது பிரிவினருக்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கை இன்று முதல், டிச., 4 வரை நடைபெற உள்ளது. இன்று, பொது பிரிவில் முதல், 361 இடங்களை பெற்ற மாணவர்களுக்கு அழைப்பு விடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

அவர்களுடன், பெற்றோர் அல்லது பாதுகாவலர் ஒருவர் மட்டுமே, கவுன்சிலிங் வளாகத்திற்குள் அனுமதிக்கப்படுவர். ஒவ்வொரு மாணவரும் தங்களுக்கு ஒதுக்கப்பட்ட நேரத்தில் மட்டுமே, வளாகத்திற்குள் அனுமதிக்கப்படுவர்.மேலும், கட்டாயம் முக கவசம் போன்ற கொரோனா வழிகாட்டு நெறிமுறைகளை பின்பற்ற வேண்டும் என, மருத்துவ கல்வி இயக்ககம் அறிவுறுத்தியுள்ளது.

‘Govt funding should have been announced earlier’

‘Govt funding should have been announced earlier’

Many Govt School Students Can’t Afford Fees In Pvt Med Colleges

A Ragu Raman & M K Ananth TNN

Chennai/Madurai:  23.11.2020 

The state’s move to fund the expenses of government school students who have secured MBBS seats in private colleges under the 7.5% quota has left many wishing that the announcement should have come earlier. Distraught that their poor parents couldn’t even afford the ₹25,000 deposit, leave alone the ₹3.8 lakh-4 lakh annual fees, many of these students have opted to be waitlisted.

For MBBS, under this quota, there were 227 seats in government medical colleges and 86 in private institutions; and for BDS, there were 12 seats in two government dental colleges and 80 seats in private institutions.

At the end of the three-day counselling, except for 6 BDS seats in private colleges, all seats were filled; 180 students opted to be waitlisted. S Dhulfiya of Thali village near Udumalpet in Tirupur district, with 192 marks, got 260th rank among government school students and 14th among BCM candidates. Called for counselling on November 18, she said she would have taken a seat had government announced its decision three days earlier.

“I hoped for admission in a government college. But those seats were filled. Seats in PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research and Vellammal Medical College in Madurai were available.

Considering the ₹4 lakh annual fee, my father did not opt for an MBBS seat,” she said. Her father is a small vendor and a part-time driver. “The government should consider allocating a seat and sponsoring me,” she added.

S Thangapetchi of Paana Mooppanpatti in Usilampatti taluk, eldest of four daughters of a couple who are farmworkers, also wished that the government announcement had come sooner. Scoring 155 marks in NEET, she was ranked 438th among government school students and 149th in MBC category.

By the second day of counselling, when she attended, the government seats had been taken and she was left to choose from the 10 seats left in private colleges. She came out of the counseling hall in tears as her family could not pay the ₹25,000 deposit or the nearly ₹6 lakh annual fee for the next five years. Her plight was taken to the notice of the chief minister’s office and on Saturday Madurai collector T Anbalagan contacted the girl’s family.

FINANCIAL STRIFE: S Thangapetchi’s (2nd from left) family wasn’t able to pay a deposit of ₹25,000 for a seat in a pvt medical college

Revolving fund

 

மருத்துவப் படிப்புகள்: சிறப்புப் பிரிவு கலந்தாய்வில் 91 இடங்கள் நிரம்பவில்லை 22.11.2020

மருத்துவப் படிப்புகள்: சிறப்புப் பிரிவு கலந்தாய்வில் 91 இடங்கள் நிரம்பவில்லை  22.11.2020 

எம்பிபிஎஸ், பிடிஎஸ் படிப்புகளில் சிறப்புப் பிரிவினருக்கான கலந்தாய்வு சனிக்கிழமை (நவ.21) நடைபெற்றது. அதில் முன்னாள் ராணுவத்தினரின் வாரிசுகள் மற்றும் விளையாட்டு வீரா்களுக்கான ஒதுக்கீட்டு இடங்கள் அனைத்தும் நிரம்பின.

மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகள் பிரிவைப் பொருத்தவரை மொத்தமாக 41 எம்பிபிஎஸ் இடங்கள் மட்டுமே நிரம்பின. கலந்தாய்வின் முடிவில் 87 எம்பிபிஎஸ் மற்றும் 4 பிடிஎஸ் இடங்கள் காலியாக இருந்தன. அவை அனைத்தும் பொதுக் கலந்தாய்வில் சோக்கப்படும் என்று மருத்துவக் கல்வி இயக்ககம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

நிகழ் கல்வியாண்டுக்கான எம்பிபிஎஸ் மற்றும் பிடிஎஸ் கலந்தாய்வு கடந்த 18-ஆம் தேதி தொடங்கியது. முதலில் அரசுப் பள்ளி மாணவா்களுக்கான 7.5 சதவீத உள்ஒதுக்கீட்டு இடங்களுக்கு கலந்தாய்வு நடத்தப்பட்டது.

அதன்படி, 313 எம்பிபிஎஸ் இடங்கள், 92 பிடிஎஸ் இடங்கள் என மொத்தம் 405 இடங்களுக்கு கடந்த 3 நாள்களாக கலந்தாய்வு நடைபெற்றது. அதில், 6 பிடிஎஸ் இடங்களைத் தவிர அனைத்தும் நிரப்பப்பட்டன.

இந்த நிலையில், சிறப்புப் பிரிவினருக்கான கலந்தாய்வு சனிக்கிழமை நடைபெற்றது. அதில், விளையாட்டுப் பிரிவு மாணவா்களுக்கு 7 எம்பிபிஎஸ் இடங்களும், 1 பிடிஎஸ் இடமும் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டிருந்தன. அந்த இடங்களுக்கு 20 போ அழைக்கப்பட்டு இருந்தனா். அவா்களில் 8 பேருக்கு இடங்கள் கிடைத்தன. முன்னாள் படைவீரா்களின் வாரிசுகளுக்கு 10 எம்பிபிஎஸ் இடங்களும் 1 பிடிஎஸ் இடங்களும் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டன. அந்த இடங்களுக்கு ஏராளமானோா் அழைக்கப்பட்டு இருந்தனா். அவா்களில் தகுதியான 11 பேருக்கு இடங்கள் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டு ஆணைகள் வழங்கப்பட்டன.

தேபோன்று, மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகள் பிரிவு மாணவா்களுக்கு 128 எம்பிபிஎஸ் இடங்களும், 4 பிடிஎஸ் இடங்களும் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டிருந்தன. அவற்றுக்கு பலருக்கு அழைப்பு விடுக்கப்பட்டது. அவா்களில் 41 போ எம்பிபிஎஸ் இடங்களை தோவு செய்து இருக்கின்றனா். இதில் 87 எம்பிபிஎஸ் இடங்களும், 4 பிடிஎஸ் இடங்களும் காலியாக உள்ளன. இந்த இடங்கள் பொதுக் கலந்தாய்வில் அந்தந்த பிரிவினருக்கான இடங்களில் சோக்கப்பட உள்ளன.

இதனிடையே, மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகள் பிரிவில் இடங்களைத் தோவு செய்தவா்களில் 3 அரசு பள்ளி மாணவ - மாணவிகளுக்கு சென்னை கீழ்ப்பாக்கம் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியின் முன்னாள் மாணவா் சங்கத்தினா் நீட் தோவுக்கான பயிற்சியை வழங்கியுள்ளனா். அவா்கள் அளித்த ஊக்கம்தான் எம்பிபிஎஸ் இடங்கள் கிடைக்க உறுதுணையாக இருந்ததாக அந்த மாணவா்கள் தெரிவித்துள்ளனா்.

தொடா்ச்சியாக பொதுக் கலந்தாய்வு திங்கள்கிழமை (நவ.23) தொடங்கவுள்ளது. அதற்கான அழைப்பு கடிதத்தை இணையதளத்தில் பதிவிறக்கம் செய்யுமாறு சம்பந்தப்பட்ட மாணவா்களை மருத்துவக் கல்வி இயக்ககம் அறிவுறுத்தியுள்ளது.

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Medical counselling for open category begins on Monday with fewer seats

Medical counselling for open category begins on Monday with fewer seats

Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com

Chennai: 22.11.2020 

Fifty eight medical seats and two dental seats were taken during the single window counselling for special category students – people with disability, eminent sportspersons and wards of ex-servicemen – on Saturday at the Nehru outdoor stadium.

The selection committee had called 70 candidates from the three groups for counselling, which began at 9am. Among the 64students who attended, 58 of them were allotted seats in government medical colleges. Two students were given seats in state-run dental colleges. Four others were waitlisted.

On Monday, after nearly four days of special counselling, seat allotment will begin for open category students. The state will roll out 2,747 seats with 864 seats in open quota in government colleges.

But seats will be fewer in self-financing colleges. While Muthukumaran Medical College did not make it to the list, additional seats in PSG Medical college were not reflected in the seat matrix. The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical College had added them to the chart on November 6, but the college has not got the mandatory essentiality certificate from the state government for the additional seats, officials said. “We will be able to admit students after clearance from the state,” said selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan.

Among the 14 other self-financing categories there are 1,061 seats. This includes new colleges, Panimalar Medical Collegewith69 and Indira Medical College with 90 seats.

The committee has, however, retained Tagore Medical College and Trichy SRM Medical College, though MGR University has said permission for renewal is pending from the National Medical Council. “The college has not got the renewal because of the pandemic. There will be no problem if we admit students. If they ask us for details during the counselling, we will help them,” Dr Selvarajan said. Admission to Christian Medical College will be treated as a separate category.

Among the self-financing colleges there will be 329 seats for the open category. While 281 seats will be reserved for BC, 37 for BCM, 212 for MBC, 160 for SC, 31 for SCA and 11 for ST.

DMK, AIADMK fight to pay med fee, students gain

DMK, AIADMK fight to pay med fee, students gain

State Creates Revolving Fund To Foot Fee Bill

Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com

Chennai:22.11.2020 

A day after allotting 7.5% of MBBS and BDS seats in the state to government school students, the Tamil Nadu government and the opposition DMK vied with each other to pay fees to the government/private medical/dental colleges concerned.

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday said the state would create a special revolving fund under Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation (TNMSC) to pay the entire fees. The announcement came hours after DMK president M K Stalin said his party would sponsor the government students’ education. The annual tuition fees for government quota seats in private medical colleges range from ₹3.8 lakh to ₹4 lakh.

“We had already made an announcement that post-matric scholarships and other financial aid will be appropriately taken care of,” the CM said. Earlier in the day, Stalin pointed out that many of these students hailed from poor families and they were not in a position to pay the fee in self-financing medical colleges.

While the chief minister accused Stalin of staging a “political drama”, DMK leaders said the state government was acting on pressure from the Opposition.

In 2020-21, for the first time, the state had set aside 7.5% of total MBBS/BDS seats for government students. While all parties unanimously voted for the Bill in the assembly, the legislation was delayed as it was pending government ascent.

DMK says fee relief comes too late, govt begs to differ

Former higher education minister and DMK leader K Ponmudy said, “Only after the DMK protested and issued statements condemning the delay, the state government took the executive route and issued a government order. The order became infructuous with the governor’s assent to the Bill next day.”

The state selection committee conducted a three-day counselling from Wednesday for allotment of seats. On Friday, the directorate of medical education had asked deans of all government and self-financing colleges to admit government school students who were allotted seats under the 7.5% quota without insisting on fees after verifying their documents including identity cards and certificates. The letter from director of medical education Dr R Narayanababu asked colleges to call students who were turned away for not paying fees. “Why did the government not announce they will pay the fees then?” asked DMK general secretary Durai Murugan. “It lookslike they are waiting to follow the orders of our leader,” he told reporters.

However, health minister C Vijayabaskar said no government student had not taken a seat or was denied admission due to lack of funds. When the admissions opened there were 313 MBBS seats and 92 BDS seats 227 seats in 26 government medical colleges and 12 seats in two government dental colleges. Among the15 self-financing medical colleges and18 dental self-financing colleges 86 and 80 seats were reserved for students from the government colleges, he said. “At the end of counselling only six BDS seats in self-financing colleges were vacant, that too was not because students did not have money. It was because they wanted to write NEET and attempt MBBS next year,” he said. The government had assured students that it would take care of their fees on the first day of counselling,” he said.

Six BDS seats vacant under govt. school quota

Six BDS seats vacant under govt. school quota

21/11/2020

Special Correspondent CHENNAI

Counselling under the 7.5% reservation for government school students ended on Friday with six seats remaining vacant in self-financing dental colleges.

Selection Secretary G. Selvarajan said these seats would be filled in the second phase.

Meanwhile, counselling for candidates seeking admission under Persons with Disability quota will be held on Saturday. The Directorate of Medical Education has uploaded the list of 44 candidates who had been called for verification of their certificates two days ago.

It has also uploaded the list of 51 candidates under the sports quota category.

For the general category, counselling will be held from November 23 and continue till December 4. There will be no counselling on Sunday.

Govt. to help students pay college fees

Govt. to help students pay college fees

21/11/2020

Special CorrespondentCHENNAI

Director of Medical Education R. Narayana Babu has issued instructions to all medical and dental colleges in the State to admit candidates who were allotted seats under the new 7.5% horizontal reservation for government school students.

In separate letters written on Thursday to government colleges and self-financing colleges, the DME said all self-financing medical and dental colleges coming under the single window selection of the DME are instructed to admit all the candidates of government schools selected under 7.5% reservation category immediately without insisting on fees after verifying their certificates and identity as per norms.

“They should not be denied admission for inability to pay fees at any cost. Post-matric and other financial aid will be appropriately taken care of as already announced by the government. Any student denied admission should be called back and given admission as per the instructions,” the letter signed by the DME read.

 similar letter has been issued to the deans of government medical and dental colleges as well.

DME creates panel to deal with ‘false’ nativity claims

DME creates panel to deal with ‘false’ nativity claims

It will look into complaints made by medical aspirants

20/11/2020

Special CorrespondentCHENNAI

The Directorate of Medical Education (DME) has created a five-member expert committee to look into complaints of “false nativity claims” made by aspirants to medical seats in the State.

The committee comprises Deputy Directors of Medical Education M. Selvaraj and G. Vimala Devi; P. Parasakthi, Director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Madras Medical College; K. Rajasekar, professor of Ophthalmology; P. Thirunavukkarasu, head, Physical Medicine; and V. Avudaiappan, Registrar, Tamil Nadu Homoeopathy Council.

Any disputes regarding nativity will be referred to the committee for scrutiny and the committee will give a decision that will be adopted as per the norms listed on the prospectus, said R. Narayana Babu, Director of Medical Education.

The DME said the committee had been constituted on Wednesday, the first day of counselling for medical and dental seats under the State quota.

Soon after the merit list for the State seats was released by the DME, complaints arose that Mohanaprabha Ravichandran, who had been ranked second, featured on the medical merit list in Kerala State.

Concerns were raised that she had claimed nativity in that State as well as in Tamil Nadu.

Another list

On Wednesday, as counselling began for seats reserved for government school students, another list of medical applicants emerged — this time a list of 34 candidates who had applied to colleges in Telangana as well as in Tamil Nadu.

Ms. Mohanaprabha’s father Ravichandran said his daughter had applied for self-financing and private medical colleges in Kerala under a scheme that permits other State candidates to apply. “We are natives of Namakkal and we have not forged nativity for applications in Kerala. We applied under the non-Keralite II scheme in Kerala, in which those who are not natives of the State can apply for seats in private and self-financed medical colleges, and would be considered if seats are not filled through counselling there,” Mr. Ravichandran told The Hindu.

Since his daughter had scored good marks in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), she had appeared for the all-India counselling. Ms. Mohanaprabha had secured All India Rank 62 and is placed second on the State merit list. In the merit list in Kerala, she is ranked fifth among the top 10 candidates. She has since been admitted to JIPMER.

Ever since NEET became the qualifying criteria for medical seats, certain kinds of malpractices have crept in. Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan said the DME had put in place “checks and balances”, and candidates were expected to give a signed affidavit that all information provided by them was genuine. Malpractice would be attributed only if a student had claimed nativity in two different States as part of their MBBS application, he said.

(With inputs from Staff Reporter in Salem)

4 from MBBS counselling Covid +ve

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Chennai:20.11.2020

Four government school students, who attended medical counselling in Chennai on Wednesday, tested positive for Covid-19, directorate of medical education officials said. The testing was done as a precaution since it was a function attended by chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.

The selection committee took RT-PCR tests for all 262 candidates who attended counselling for 7.5% of seats reserved for government school students. “All of them are asymptomatic and healthy. They were not among the 18 students who received admit cards from the CM,” said director of medical education Dr R Narayanababu.

“It was an incidental finding. Nevertheless, we have informed the students, their parents and district authorities. While these students will go into isolation, their close contacts will be tested,” he said. The directorate said if others who attended the counselling showed symptoms of the viral infection, they should undergo the test.

Coimbatore Corporation school student gets admission in Stanley Medical College

Coimbatore Corporation school student gets admission in Stanley Medical College

Nov 18, 2020, 07.45 PM IST

COIMBATORE: Coimbatore Corporation school student J Dharani has secured a seat in the Stanley Medical College, Chennai, under the horizontal reservation for the government school students. She secured 461 marks in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).

Dharani attended medical counselling for the 7.5% reservation for government school students that took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Outdoor Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday. She secured 22nd in general ranking and 10th in BC community ranking under the horizontal reservation.

The 20-year-old was a student of Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School at RS Puram and completed her Class XII in 2017. Since then, she has been taking the NEET and preparing on her own with available books. Due to poor performance, she joined a private coaching centre in 2019 with a scholarship she obtained.

“It’s my dream to become a doctor and I always wanted to get admission in Stanley or Madras Medical College. If not for the reservation, I might not have got a medical seat at all because of the increase in cut-off marks,” she said.

She is one of the three corporation school students who were eligible to apply for medical admission under the reservation in the city. While J Swetha Bhagyam from Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School at Ramakrishnapuram is attending the counselling on Thursday, V Hemalatha from of SRP Ammaniammal Girls Higher Secondary School is waiting for a call letter.

Medical college not on counselling list

Medical college not on counselling list

TNN | Nov 18, 2020, 04.38 AM IST

CHENNAI: There will be 150 fewer seats on the seat matrix for state medical counselling by the selection committee on Wednesday as Sri Muthukumaran Medical College will not be on the list of self-financing colleges.

In addition, the committee will open 300 seats from two self- financing colleges with a rider that the mandatory recognition approval from National Medical Commission for these two colleges – Trichy SRM Medical College and Tagore Medical College – are still pending.

“The colleges tell us that NMC inspection was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic,” said selection committee secretary G Selvarajan. According to the seat matrix released by the TN Dr MGR Medical University, renewal of permission for Trichy SRM Medical College is pending from February 2019 and for Tagore Medical College from February 2020. “During counselling, we will tell students about no recognition of these colleges,” he said. (The official seat matrix was not released by the committee until the filing of this story.)

The state selection committee, which conducts counselling for admission for all colleges affiliated to Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University and Annamalai University, said there were 26 government colleges, and 15 self-financing medical colleges. In 2020, 300 seats from two new colleges – Panimalar Medical College Hospital, Chennai and Indira Medical College and Hospital, Tiruvallur – will be added to the state pool. The government Kanyakumari Medical College received 50 additional seats and in PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research the seats went up to 250 seats.

Meanwhile, the seat matrix released by the state university registrar Dr M B Aswath Narayanan on November 6 did not list Muthukumaran Medical College in the seat matrix. “The seat matrix is given to us by the state university. We will not be able to admit students until the university approves it,” said Dr Selvarajan.

In 2019, the Chennai-based Muthukumaran Medical College did not figure in the first round of counselling as its affiliation was held following serious infrastructural flaws. “The university is yet to give affiliation for 2020-21 as the same problems exist,” said a senior university official.

TN Health minister releases rank list for MBBS, BDS admissions, counselling to be conducted at Jawaharlal Nehru outdoor stadium

TN Health minister releases rank list for MBBS, BDS admissions, counselling to be conducted at Jawaharlal Nehru outdoor stadium

Time slots and dates will be allotted to the students and per day 500 students will be called for the counselling.

Published: 16th November 2020 01:23 PM 

Health minister Vijayabasker releases MBBS AND BDS counseling rank list, in Chennai on Monday. (Photo |EPS / R.Satish Babu)

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: Health Minister C Vijayabaskar released rank list for MBBS and BDS admissions 2020-2021 at the Directorate of Medical Education office here on Monday. Counselling will be conducted from November 18 at the Jawaharlal Nehru outdoor stadium here.

The minister also released a separate rank list for 7.5 percent quota for government school students, government quota seats in government medical colleges and self-financing medical colleges and management quota seats for self-financing colleges. First copy of the rank list was received by Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan and Selection Committee Secretary G Selvarajan.

Under the 7.5 percent reservation for government school students this year, N Jeevithakumar from Government Model Higher Secondary School, Silvarpatti, S Anbarasan from Government Higher Secondary School in Kallakurichi and S Dhivyadharshini from Government Higher Secondary School in Chennai secured first three ranks in the top 10 list.

R Gunasekaran who studied in Government Adi Dravidar Higher Secondary School in Vellore districts secured fourth rank in the 7.7 percent reservation for government schools students. 

Among the top 10 candidates for government quota seats, R Srijan from Erode, Mohanaprabha Ravichandran from Namakkal, and G Swetha from Chennai secured first three ranks in the top 10 list.

The Selection Committee received 24,714 applications for MBBS and BDS seats, among them 23,707 were accepted. The committee received 15,885 applications from the State board students, 7,366 from CBSE and SSCE students, 285 from Indian School Certificate Examination and 171 from other boards.

According to the Selection Committee data, 9,596 students applied were passed out in the current year and 14,111 students were from previous years.

Total 972 applications were received from students for 7.5 percent reservation, among them 951 were accepted.

Speaking to the press after releasing the rank lists, the Health Minister said, the counselling will begin from November 18 at the Jawaharlal Nehru outdoor stadium due to Covid-19 this year to maintain physical distance. Time slots and dates will be allotted to the students and per day 500 students will be called for the counselling. After special counselling, counselling for 7.5 percent special reservation will be conducted.

The minister said, there are chances of government schools students getting 405 seats, 313 MBBS and 92 BDS seats, under 7.5 percent reservation. There are 3,650 MBBS seats in 26 government medical colleges. Among them 227 MBBS seats and 12 BDS seats are reserved for 7.5 percent special reservation.

In 15 self financing colleges there are 2,100 MBBS seats are there, among them 1,061 are reserved for State quota and 86 are for 7.5 percent special reservation.

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami is likely to hand over seat allotment for government school students secured seats under 7.5 percent reservation, according to the officials.

The candidates can access the full rank list at www.tnmedicalselection.org website, the officials said.

Chennai girl secures third rank in NEET-UG “It’s the 7.5 per cent reservation for the government school students which has helped me move closer to getting a seat in Madras Medical College.

Chennai girl secures third rank in NEET-UG

“It’s the 7.5 per cent reservation for the government school students which has helped me move closer to getting a seat in Madras Medical College.

Published: 17th November 2020 05:41 AM 

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: “It’s the 7.5 per cent reservation for the government school students which has helped me move closer to getting a seat in Madras Medical College. It has been my dream and I thank the government for this opportunity,” says S Dhivyadharshini from Chennai, who secured third rank in the merit list released by Health Minister C Vijayabaskar, for 7.5 per cent reservation for government school students, on Monday.

Dhivyadharshini secured 620 marks in NEET-UG this year, after two earlier attempts. “I took NEET in 2018, but managed to get only 145 marks. In my second attempt in 2019, I could get only 466 marks. But this year, I am so happy to be a rank holder,” she says.

A student of Government Higher Secondary School, Arumbakkam, Dhivyadharshini passed Class 12 in 2018. Her father, B Shivakumar, is running a catering service and mother K Tamilselvi is a Corporation school teacher. “I want to be a gynaecologist and I aspire to help students like me. I sailed through because of my determination,” she adds.

‘This reservation is a timely help for students’

Cuddalore: Sarathkumar J, son of a farmer in Cuddalore district secured 515 marks in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). He is one among the top ten students who made it to the Tamil Nadu NEET merit list released on Monday. Thestudents will be given medical seats as per 7.5 percent reservation for government school students. Sarathkumar a native of Veppur in Cuddalore district completed his education from Nallur Model School in 2019. He said, “ I could not pass NEET in the first attempt. This was my second attempt and has been possible only due to timely reservation announced by the State government.”

Son of daily wage labourers secures fifth rank 

Chandhini R @ Erode: A tiny village named Kundamallanayakanur in Kanjikovil panchayat gets its first ‘doctor-to-be’ after K Boopathy secured fifth place in the rank list for admissions to undergraduate medical courses under 7.5 per cent horizontal reservation for government school students who have cleared NEET. K Boopathy, a student of Kavindapadi Boys Higher Secondary School got 559 marks out of 580 in the NEET this year. He hails from a poor family -- father Kumar and mother Parvathy -- are daily wage labourers who earn less than ‘300 per day.Speaking to TNIE he said, “One thing this achievement taught me was -- It doesn’t matter where you are from, what matters is where you want to go.” After finishing school in 2019, Boopathy enrolled in the free NEET coaching classes offered by the government and prepared for 40 days. 

Rank lists for MBBS, BDS released

Rank lists for MBBS, BDS released

Separate rank lists for the 7.5 per cent reservation for govt school students was released by the health minister

Published: 17th November 2020 05:42 AM |

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: Health Minister C Vijayabaskar released the rank lists for MBBS and BDS admissions 2020-2021 at the Directorate of Medical Education office here on Monday. Counselling will be conducted from November 18 at the Jawaharlal Nehru outdoor stadium here.

The minister released rank lists for the 7.5 per cent quota for government school students, government quota seats in government medical colleges and self-financing medical colleges, and management quota seats for self-financing colleges 

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The first copy of the rank list was received by Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan and Selection Committee Secretary G Selvarajan. A total of 972 applications were received from students for 7.5 per cent reservation, among which 951 have been accepted.

Speaking to reporters, the Health Minister said, “Counselling will begin from November 18 at the Jawaharlal Nehru outdoor stadium. Only 500 students will be called per day. Counselling for 7.5 per cent special reservation will begin after the special category counselling.”As many as 405 seats -- 313 in MBBS and 92 in BDS -- are reserved for government school students under 7.5 per cent reservation. There are 3,650 MBBS seats in 26 government medical colleges.

Among them, 227 MBBS seats and 12 BDS seats are reserved for 7.5 per cent reservation. In 15 self-financing colleges there are 2,100 MBBS seats, among them 1,061 are reserved for State quota and 86 MBBS are for the 7.5 per cent quota, said the minister.

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami is likely to hand over seat allotment for government school students, said officials. The candidates can access the full rank list at www.tnmedicalselection.org website, the officials said.

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More than 300 students from humble backgrounds could enter medical colleges in the state this year thanks to the 7.5% special reservation for government school students. Of the 5,750 seats, 313 will be filled by these students.

N Jeevithkumar, a government school student from Siluvarpatti in Theni district, topped his category with 664 of 720 marks.

His father K Narayanamoorthi rears goats for a living, while his mother N Parameswari works in the 100-day job guarantee scheme. His teachers helped him join a private coaching institute.

Suryalakshmi S M of Government Girls Higher Secondary School at Porur in Chennai scored 368 marks in her first attempt. “With the help of mentors from KMC and my school teachers, I prepared for a whole year and was able to score 536 out of 720 in my second attempt,” said the daughter of a casual worker at a flour mill.

Even then, she may not have got a seat as the cut-off for BC students is likely to go up to 550 marks. But, thanks to 7.5% reservation, she is now expected to get into the prestigious Madras Medical College.

Hari Krishnan S of the Government Higher Secondary School in Lalgudi, Trichy, with 423 marks and ranked 38th in his category, is likely to get into one of the top three government colleges. “In the beginning I didn’t have the confidence to do well in NEET. My confidence grew along with practice,” he said. His only coaching was the state government’s online test series and video lectures. His father works in a grocery store.

“Without the 7.5% reservation, only 15 students would have got MBBS admissions from government schools. Though the reservation is justified, there is a huge gap between government school students and others as the cut-off may differ at least by 200 marks in all the categories,” said career consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi.

“We need to train government school teachers to prepare students for exams such as NEET,” said Dr Prasad Mane, secretary, Kilpauk Medical College Alumni Association, adding that they are willing to help government school students in the first and second year of MBBS too.

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Good NEET show pushes up cut-offs Many Might Miss Out On Dream Seat As Cut-Offs Jump By At Least 80, Some Play Smart And Wait As NEET 2021 Just 6 Months Away

Good NEET show pushes up cut-offs

Many Might Miss Out On Dream Seat As Cut-Offs Jump By At Least 80, Some Play Smart And Wait As NEET 2021 Just 6 Months Away

Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com

17.11.2020

High scores, fewer seats and new government policies may crush hopes of several medical aspirants this academic year as cut-offs for MBBS is likely to go up by at least 80 marks in most categories during the state counselling.

This year, the state is likely to offer 4,179 seats – 3,032 in government colleges – under the state quota when it opens the seat matrix on Wednesday. While 227 of the 3,032 seats will be taken for government school students, the state will be able to add just 50 more seats this year after the government college in Kanyakumari got the National Medical Commission nod for 50 additional seats.

In 2020, there are 5,119 students with scores above 500 compared to 1,359 students in 2019.

Experts say when the 69% rule of reservation is applied to the state quota seats after reserving seats for special category – quotas for people with disability, sportsmen, children of ex-servicemen and government school students – any students, including those in the scheduled groups, who score below 350 marks may not get a seat in state-run colleges. In 2019, the cut-off for SC, SCA and ST were 360, 301 and 267 respectively. This year, the cut-off for government school students is likely to be around 180 marks.

“We are top heavy this time,” said student counsellor Manickam Arumugam, who has been closely following medical admissions for several years now. This year, there were 968 students with scores above 600 compared to 139 students last year. The open category cut-off in government colleges may be around 600 in government colleges this year compared to 520 last year.

The biggest gap is likely to be among MBC candidates with a difference in cut-off of at least 90 marks. The cut-off for MBC students could be 526 in 2020. While the cut-off for BC is expected to be above 560, for BCM it is likely to touch 528.

Like last year, the seats for general category are likely to be over in the first two days. The schedule may not even call for BC category because by then all BC seats may be exhausted. “It is not a surprise to many students,” said Sundar R, a NEET tutor and counsellor. “This year, many students did not apply because they know the 2021 exams are just six months away. Also, the state has promised 1,600 more additional seats from 11 new medical colleges. Some students with scores as low as 183 have already opted for seats in deemed universities,” he said.

More candidates have scored better in NEET 2020, and will fight each other for the 5,750 MBBS seats TN has to offer

INTAKE BEGINS: Health minister C Vijayabaskar released rank list on Monday

SOME PROFILES

R SRIJAN, 710/720 | Srijan, who topped NEET this year, was offered a seat at any college of choice, including AIIMS Delhi. He chose Jipmer. “New Delhi was too far off and I wanted a central institute. People said Jipmer lecturers are very good,” he said. A native of Vellakoil, he took private coaching and this was his 2nd attempt. He plans to be a cardiologist.

R MOHANAPRABHA, 705/720 | She was second on the TN medical ranklist. She underwent NEET training in Namakkal and was ranked 52nd nationally. She said she wants to become a neurologist and cited the state having relatively fewer neurologists as one of the reasons for it.

N JEEVITHKUMAR, 664/720 | Topper among government school students, he studied in Tamil medium in Theni and secured 1823rd rank nationally. His father K Narayanamoorthi rears goats & mother Parameswari is a daily wager. He was coached in Namakkal, this was his second attempt.

This year, many students did not apply because they know the 2021 exams are just six months away. Also, the state has promised 1,600 more additional seats from 11 new medical colleges. Some students with scores as low as 183 have already opted for seats in deemed universities Sundar R | A NEET TUTOR AND COUNSELLOR

Cut-off score for MBBS admission in TN up by 80 marks

Cut-off score for MBBS admission in TN up by 80 marks

Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com

Chennai:17.11.2020

Be it open or reserved category, the cut-off mark for MBBS/BDS admission for all students this year has gone up by 80 marks, compared to last year. This became clear when health minister C Vijayabaskar unveiled the official NEET rank list for Tamil Nadu on Monday.

About 940 Open Category (OC) candidates with scores of 601 upwards will be in the reckoning for MBBS admission, whereas it will be 560-plus marks for about 1,430 backward community (BC) candidates. Most Backward Community candidates numbering about 750 with scores above 526 too will be in the zone of consideration. For SCs, the cut off will be 453 and for STs it is  348.

This year’s list has several exceptional features. There is nearly a 20% fall in the overall number of applications from eligible candidates from 57,004 last year to 37,983 this year. And at least 313 seats, including 227 in government run colleges, will go to students from government schools.

“The 7.5% seats meant for government school students will be allotted after counselling for people with disability, sports quota candidates and children of ex-servicemen,” said the minister, adding: “Many students from government schools have managed to secure high marks in NEET.”

The face-to-face counselling, delayed by nearly four months this year, will be held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium from Wednesday, Vijayabaskar said.

Tirupur-based Srijan R (left) was the state NEET 2020 topper with 710 marks and Jeevithkumar N of Theni scored 664, the highest among government school students

57,215 CLEARED TEST FROM TN 

Counselling to be held with pandemic protocols in place

Counselling will be held in strict adherence to all pandemic protocols, Vijayabaskar said, adding that parents and students must wear masks and maintain distancing at all times.

This year, a total of 57,215 students from Tamil Nadu cleared the test. Of the 24,712 applications received for government quota seats, the selection committee of the Directorate of Medical Education has accepted 23,707 forms. For management quota, applications of 14,276 students, out of 14,511, were cleared. This is more than 19,000 applications fewer than last year.

The selection committee confirmed Tirupur-based Srijan R from the Indian Public School in Erode topped the list with 710 marks in NEET 2020, followed by Namakkal-based Mohanaprabha Ravichandran of Alpine Public School. He had scored 705 marks. Chennai’s G Swetha from Velammal Vidyalaya, Ayanambakkam, who got 701 marks, stood third.

Among government school students, Jeevithkumar N from the Government Model Higher Secondary School in Silvarpatti in Theni district topped the list with 664 marks, followed by Kallakurichibased Anbarasan S from Government Boys Higher Secondary Schools. He has scored 646 marks. Chennai’s Dhivaydharshini S from Government Higher Secondary School in Arumbakkam scored 620 marks. At least 14 government students have scored above 500 marks. The cut-off for the government school students is estimated to be around180 marks.

The state has 26 government medical colleges with 3,650 seats of which 3,031are state quota seats. Among the 15 self-financing colleges affiliated to the state TN Dr MGR Medical University 1,147 of the 2,100 seats will be under the state quota, according to the tentative list released by the selection committee.

Tamil Nadu will add 875 MBBS seats to its medical colleges, including deemed universities this year. Admission for deemed universities and all India quota seats are conducted by the directorate general of health Services. Of additional seats two government Kanyakumari Medical College and ESIC college in KK Nagar have got 50 and 25 additional seats respectively. Two self-financing colleges Indira Medical College and Hospitals in Tiruvallur and permitted Panimalar Medical College Hospital and Research Institute will add150 seats each. With this, the state will have 52 medical colleges with 8,000 seats.

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