The college administration in response said that they were only following Supreme Court’s orders in not revealing the number of seats. Gandhi Medical College is a private medical college affiliated under the ‘autonomous body’, Barkatullah University, Bhopal.
A tug-of-war is on between the government and private engineering colleges yet again over vacant seats. A day after the Department of Technical Education (DTE) stalled the admission approval process citing lack of clarity from the government on filling vacant seats, college managements have written to the government seeking tuition fees for all untaken seats.
For students of a number of private medical colleges, dissecting a cadaver — considered an essential part of training in anatomy — is something they rarely get to do.
Private technical and medical colleges demanding capitation fee from students is illegal and unethical, the Supreme Court has said and asked the Centre to make laws to put an end to such practices which deny admission to meritorious financially poor students in those institutions.
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Maharashtra Government is mulling setting up of a special recruitment board on lines of MPSC and UPSC for the appointment of lecturers and staff to private colleges, minister for Higher and Technical Education Rajesh Tope has said.
Teaching faculty of private colleges, including engineering institutions drew flak from educationists for staying focused on infrastructure and rather than good teaching staff. As a result, even talented students from private institutions suffer on account of poor placements.
Medical and dental college aspirants are worried about losing out on seats despite being meritorious. A schedule for admissions to private medical and dental colleges to fill seats that are vacant after the second round gives students only one day to attend counselling, confirm seats and pay tuition fees.
Another person elected was an 'agent' who supplies 'patients and faculty' to private medical colleges whenever an MCI team comes for inspections. The election in the state was nothing less than a 'cash-for-vote' scam and the future of medical education depends on this elected body."
Teaching in private colleges throughout the country was affected on Friday as thousands of teachers were on mass casual leave and participated in a rally held at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.
All the private educational institutions will be closed for a week from Monday across the state, as per the decision taken by Samaikyandhra JAC, to intensify the agitation.
Laboratories in majority of the private colleges are in bad shape in the State. Those are reeling under inadequate equipment, chemicals and infrastructure.
Two accused arrested for duping about a dozen students mostly from Andhra Pradesh to the tune of Rs 1.35 crore by promising them admission in private medical colleges of the state had roped in an interpreter to interact with the clients in English.
Even as private and unaided medical and dental colleges in the state concluded their admission process on Monday, several eligible students did not visit the campuses to avoid chaos. However, when this TOI reporter, posing as a student, contacted three colleges, they claimed that one can secure admissions on Tuesday too.
Officials said that initial objections were made on naming Mathura medical college as SN Medical College but the differences between officials were ironed out.
Private engineering colleges in the southern districts, including Madurai, have urged the state government for the early reimbursement of students' fee that they had waived under a scheme.