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Latest News |
| 24th
Sep 2010 / Times of India / Mumbai Edition |
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Pvt medical colleges claim no seats left
Mumbai: A week to go before medical colleges close admission,
aspirants are being sent home empty-handed. Students alleged
most private colleges in the state were not handing out
admission forms, and those that were accepting filled
forms were not giving any acknowledgement or receipt.
I traveled to Pune to buy the admission form of Kashibai
Navle Medical College but the college was not selling
them to anyone, alleged a student from the city. Sources
say a candidate has now moved court against the college
and asked the HC to intervene in the matter so that he
is granted a place.
Most medical aspirants claimed they received a stock reply
from college officials who said that all the seats had
been occupied and there were no vacancies. When I reached
MIMER College in Talegaon, I was informed there weren’t
any vacant seats. I was there soon after the results were
declared, claimed another student, who refused to be named.
Currently these colleges are not selling the application
forms so that later, if their admissions are scrutinized,
they can conveniently say that candidates with high scores
never applied, said Rajesh Jain of the Parents Association
of Medical Students (PAMS).
The state has 11 private medical colleges and 21 dental
colleges, admissions to which are conducted on the basis
of candidates performance in the common entrance test
held by the Association of Managements of Private Unaided
Medical and Dental Colleges (AMPUMDC).
In case of several other private institutes like Yerala
Medical College, K J Somaiya Medical College, MGM Dental
College, students claimed they were not given an acknowledgement
when their applications were received. I have received
several complaints from anxious parents. By not giving
an acknowledgement, there is no proof that a student has
applied to a particular college, added Jain.
In fact, in 2005, PAMS had moved the HC over the ambiguous
manner in which admissions to medical and dental courses
were taking place. The HC had directed the state government
to draw up a timetable for private medical colleges. On
the basis of that, the AMUPMDC was to submit its selection
list after every round to the Pravesh Niyantran Samiti,
which oversees admissions and ensures transparency.
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