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Latest News |
| 30th
Sep 2010 / Times of India / Mumbai Edition |
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Most CET aspirants skip govt test
Vinaya Lanake stood 12th in the Common Entrance
Test conducted by the Association of Managements of Unaided
Private Medical and Dental Colleges. She did not even
take a shot at the government exam, a gateway to some
of the best medical colleges of Maharashtra. * Mayuri
Moore, who ranked 14 in the private medical entrance exam,
would rather shell out Rs 6.5 lakh annually at K J Somaiya
Medical College than even try her luck at the state CET
that would have opened the doors for much more prestigious
colleges. Had she taken the government exam and qualified,
Moore would have to pay Rs 18,000 instead. * There are
also many candidates from the reserved category, like
Surya Ghumade, a Scheduled Tribe student, who were so
confident of getting into a private college that they
decided to give the government exam the miss.
Thousands of candidates who made it to private medical
and dental colleges this year have given the government-conducted
entrance exam a go-by. Have the expensive private colleges
become more attractive than the prestigious government
ones Or have admissions been rigged What else could explain
the reason behind a total of 1, 975 successful medical
aspirants skipping the state CET For the record, the syllabi
for both the tests are the same.
In the private space, there are 11 medical colleges, with
a total student intake of 1,120 and 21 dental colleges
with 1, 680 seats. It is surprising that over 70% students
have not taken the government test, said Rajesh Jain of
the Parents Association of Medical Students.
Interestingly, such a trend has been observed for the first
time;last year, almost all the students who got into the
private colleges had also taken the government exam, although
there were some students whose performance in the two
CETs was drastically different. We have noticed that students
who are being selected from the private CET are below
average. There is a vast difference in many candidates
class X, class XII and CET scores. A student who has scored
say 55% in class XII, has scored 90% in the private medical
entrance exam. There is something that has gone terribly
wrong, said Arvind V Bhore, dean of Sinhgad Technical Education
Societys Kashibai Navale Medical College, a private college
at Narhe, Pune.
Some students, who did not wish to be named, confessed that
they had merely taken the exam conducted by the AMUPMDC
because some private agents had assured them a seat even
before the exam. However, Kamal Kishore Kadam, AMUPMDC chairman, said
that the cream of the meritorious students would naturally
join the government colleges;similarly, there are candidates
from the middle class who could not afford the fees charged
by private colleges.
But then there are some wealthy students who can afford
the private college fees and hence they sit for our exams
as they are sure that they will not get into a government
college. After all, money and merit dont go hand-in-hand,
reasoned Kadam. Sure, they dont.
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