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Latest News |
| 22nd
July 2010 / Times of India / Ahmedabad Edition |
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Medical admissions: Merit takes a dip in govt colleges
Ahmedabad: Admission process in government medical colleges
across the state has registered a decline in the merit
in academic year 2010.
Officials in the admission committee for professional
courses said that all medical colleges in the state had
registered a decline in merit of 1.90 marks.
This is a departure from the trend set during the past
years. Officials said that the merit list has climbed
down due to a number of reasons.
The prime amongst these is the poor show of students at
the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GujCET) which led to
a general decline in the combined merit of the students.
“The GujCET exam proved to be a tough nut to crack.
The overall marking in the GujCET was low, which led to
a decline in the combined merit calculated before admissions.
This is one of the major reasons for the low merit,”
said an official.
Member secretary of the committee, Dr Pranav Shah said
that they had noticed that unlike earlier when all meritorious
students preferred admission into BJ Medical College,
a big number of students were opting for colleges in Jamnagar,
Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat.
“They are going for colleges close to areas they
live in,” he said adding, “ the meritorious
students are now spread out in all government medical
colleges in the state.”
Dean of medical faculty, Dr Haresh Bhalodiya said that
the merit was also going down as medicine was losing its
sheen due to the high number of education years that were
required to be put in as well as the rising cost of medical
education.
“Students have to study for 10 years to be super-specialised
and start a good career in medicine. Moreover, the high
fee charged by most trust-run and self-financed colleges
is too steep, it is unaffordable for many,” said
Dr Bhalodiya.
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