01-08- 2018 Photo B A Raju
Medical counselling committee, which allocates 15% of seats in govt medical colleges and all seats in central institutions and deemed universities, released a 272-page list of MBBS, BDS and nursing candidates who did not report after the third round. Those who missed the Oct 9 deadline to report in person can no longer claim their seats, it said. The vacancy compilation lists 106 MBBS seats in Tamil Nadu — two at Madras Medical College, seven each at Madurai Medical College and Government Medical College and ESIC Hospital, Coimbatore, and 10 at AIIMS Madurai. ” said M Senthilkumar, whose niece is admitted to a private institution, where the annual fee is ₹23 lakh While we continue to pay a higher fee in a private college despite having a higher rank.
Parents said the process penalises higher-ranked students who have already joined expensive colleges. “Central and state selection committees must allow upgrades in the stray round to address this injustice,” he said. Students, parents and counsellors called the system unfair and urged counselling authorities at state and centre to bring in tighter regulations that stop candidates from blocking seats. One student who joined Stanley Medical College through state counselling secured a seat at Madras Medical College in the third All India Quota round but chose to stay at Stanley. Another, enrolled in a private institution in Coimbatore, secured a seat at Government Tiruvallur Medical College but did not join. “Lower-ranked candidates still eligible for the stray round may get government seats.
The penalty of ₹5,000 to ₹10,000 for students who don’t take govt seats allotted to them is a weak discouraging factor, he said. Because counselling agencies have failed to fix gaps in the system, “These two seats have moved to the stray round.
They need a common dashboard, at least from the third round,” said student counsellor Manickavel Arumugam. Strict rules, including a ban for a year, will ensure students choose only seats they intend to take,” he said. “The Stanley seat should have been cancelled as soon as the student received his MMC allotment. The same should apply to the student in Coimbatore. Candidates who decline the new seat should have to wait until next year’s counselling.