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| Centralised entrance test is fine | | More medical seats needed | |
FOR the first batch of admis
sions in JIPMER (Jawaharlal
Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education), Puducherry, sixty-six thousand candidates appeared for a total of 141 seats available for the MBBS course. The middle class aspiration for a professional degree, and the huge gap between the demand and supply chain for professional courses gave birth to a new regime of capitation fee in medical and engineering institutions. Private colleges charged exorbitant sums of money in the name of capitation fee to ensure a seat in these colleges, especially in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. And people paid, despite the fact that the money charged was illegal. As such seats were limited, they became out of bounds for the general category candidates in the few government colleges due to several reserved categories.
A number of sting operations exposed how the money-making racket worked in the name of running professional courses over the last decade. This awakened the system and a need was felt to reform the admission procedure in the private medical colleges that enjoy complete autonomy. The Medical Council of India then notified the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), a centralised eligibility test, but the validity of NEET was challenged by a few private medical colleges. On December 13, 2012, in response to 115 petitions, the apex court gave an order by which it permitted various institutions and medical bodies to conduct the entrance examination for the courses but restrained them from declaring the results.
In order to safeguard students’ interests, the Supreme Court yesterday modified its previous order. It allowed private medical colleges and a consortium of colleges across the country to declare the results of the entrance examinations they conducted and on that basis make admissions to postgraduate, MBBS and dental courses for 2013-14. The court noted that it understood the urgent need for more medical professionals to be inducted in the system. As such, more seats need to be created in medical colleges to strengthen the weak spots of our over-burdened medical system. |
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