No good news has come up
today on MBBS/BDS admission, since
the marathon meetings with
the State Government and Management
representatives failed to yield a result. The meeting concluded without reaching a consensus over fee for Govt
Quota seats. Since the Govt refused
to hike fee for Govt Quota
seats, the Management representatives
decided to meet Chief Minister
Pinarayi Vijayan to resolve the issue.
According
to sources, the Management representatives wanted the govt to increase fees for the 30% merit seats upto
Rs 5 lakh. Last year, the fee was Rs. 1,85,000. Talking to media persons after the meeting, Health Minister
Shylaja Teacher said,
"The govt is ready for a 10% hike in the fee which is allowed considering the sharp rise in the
expenditure. However, we could not accept steep fee hike as demanded by the Management Association."
Besides,
the Minister made it clear that fees for 20% Govt merit seats will not be
increased this year. At present, Rs.
25,000 is the fee for the 20% merit seats. However, the Management representatives refused to accept this
formula and decided to take
up the issue before the Chief Minister. The date and time of the meeting is yet to be decided.
It is
learnt that, the Management presented a fee-formula of Rs 10-15 lakh for
35% Management Quota seats and Rs
15-20 lakh for NRI seats.
Though
the Health Minister was firm in the fee rate for the Govt seats, she was
silent about the other option before
the Govt, ie. to approach the Supreme Court against the HC stay on combined counselling. Now, all eyes are on
the meeting with the Chief
Minister which will be held in coming days.
Meanwhile, Justice James has started measures to
monitor the admission procedure of private self-financing medical colleges in the State.
Once, the row over
fee is resolved, the allotment procedure will resume in no time.
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