Distressed students and parents who have a rightful claim to the management quota allege the medical colleges are selling seats to the highest bidders in clear violation of MCI’s directive.
Private medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh are allowed to fill 25% of management quota seats. They are supposed to fill the seats in online method for transparency. When the students tried to download the application, it is showing that it will take 4381 years to download the application. Some private medical colleges are not allowing the students to download the application by increasing the size of it to 2,399 crore megabytes
Admission to MBBS seats in management quota in eight private medical colleges under the Kerala Private Medical College Managements Association (KPCMCA) is likely to become a troublesome affair, with the KPCMCA office bearers making it clear that they would not cooperate with the entrance exam scheduled to be held on July 21 in Kochi. However, the Admission Supervisory Committee headed by Justice K M James said that the exam would be held on the scheduled date itself.
Supreme Court said that MCI has no power to conduct a single common entrance test for medical admissions across the country. Private medical colleges can conduct their own entrance tests. Supreme Court cancelled NEET and central government is planning to file a review petition. Nearly 115 petitions were filed in Supreme Court challenging NEET.
The apex court ruled that private medical colleges will conduct their own entrance examination through their associations while the states and Central government will conduct their own tests.
AP has 6,200 students studying in 26 private medical colleges and 16 government colleges. According to Medical Council of India rules, one cadaver is required for 12 students. However in reality, more than 25 students crowd around one body. Private colleges get bodies on a rotational basis due to the existing scarcity.
There had been many complaints against the private colleges in the state this year for indiscriminate sale of MBBS seats under the management quota by collecting hefty donations. Worse still, many meritorious students seeking admissions under the management quota were denied applications. Sources said that the raids unearthed hundreds of crores of rupees collected as donations and capitation fees.
A minister in the Virbhadra Singh cabinet in Himachal Pradesh has raised questions over the functioning of private universities in the state by blaming them of degrading and commercializing the education.
The city's premier academic organization, Deccan Education Society (DES), has decided to move a proposal to the state government to set up a private university under the government's model guidelines to set up such self-financed universities.
Private colleges of the state have urged the Higher Education Department to consider principals, faculty and students for the prestigious annual Laxman Singh Gaud award. The award was instituted three years ago after former higher education minister of the state.
The Department of Higher Education has decided to revive the Service Selection Board (SSB) to look after recruitment of teachers for non-government colleges. The decision has received the State Government’s approval as well.