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Uncertainty is prevailing
regarding admission in medical
courses for the next academic
year—the Centre is all set to
introduce Common Entrance Test
(CET) even as some states are
against it.
Consortium of Medical,
Engineering and Dental colleges
of Karnataka (Comed-K) has
certain objections to the
nationwide exam.
It had recently decided to appeal
against the CET. Later, it decided
to write a letter to the state
government instead. However,
the government has not yet
taken any action in this regard.
A Comed-K official said Tamil
Nadu government had
challenged the CET in Madras
high court and got a stay order
on the national-level exam in the
state. The official said if the
Karnataka government does not
take a similar step, medical
colleges in the state would have
to go by Medical Council of
India’s (MCI’s) guidelines, which
would cause a lot of trouble.
Why Comed-K is against CET
“The problem is with the fixation
of fees. When it is common
entrance test, then even the fees
would be same [as] at national
level,” said a Comed-K official,
adding: “Usually,higher fees will
be applicable.”
The official said there is
apprehension that the new fees
might go to the level of what
deemed universities charge. He
said once the national-level
entrance test is introduced,
aspiring medical students would
have no scope of negotiating the
fees. Further, the government
and private medical colleges will
not be able to agree over sharing
seats.
Source:DNA
(CET) even as some states are
against it.
Consortium of Medical,
Engineering and Dental colleges
of Karnataka (Comed-K) has
certain objections to the
nationwide exam.
It had recently decided to appeal
against the CET. Later, it decided
to write a letter to the state
government instead. However,
the government has not yet
taken any action in this regard.
A Comed-K official said Tamil
Nadu government had
challenged the CET in Madras
high court and got a stay order
on the national-level exam in the
state. The official said if the
Karnataka government does not
take a similar step, medical
colleges in the state would have
to go by Medical Council of
India’s (MCI’s) guidelines, which
would cause a lot of trouble.
Why Comed-K is against CET
“The problem is with the fixation
of fees. When it is common
entrance test, then even the fees
would be same [as] at national
level,” said a Comed-K official,
adding: “Usually,higher fees will
be applicable.”
The official said there is
apprehension that the new fees
might go to the level of what
deemed universities charge. He
said once the national-level
entrance test is introduced,
aspiring medical students would
have no scope of negotiating the
fees. Further, the government
and private medical colleges will
not be able to agree over sharing
seats.
Source:DNA