The Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped the single common entrance test for admission to MBBS, BDS and post-graduate courses in all medical colleges, paving the way for private colleges to conduct their own examination.
The Supreme Court verdict striking down NEET (national eligibility cum entrance test) for medical admission has come as a body blow to opponents of reservation.
The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the single-window National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) dealing a body blow to uniform admission norms for MBBS, BDS and MD seats in all medical colleges and allowing private medical colleagues to frame their own admissions norms and charge, in many cases, stiff capitation fees.
The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions into all medical and dental colleges. The apex court ruled that the Medical Council of India cannot conduct a unified examination.
The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the Medical Council of India’s (MCI) notification about holding a common entrance test for admission to MBBS, BDS and post-graduate courses in all medical colleges. The judgment will pave the way for private colleges to hold their own entrance test.
Despite the case about filling of engineering seats under the management quota pending before the HC, admissions-starved private college managements in the state are trapping Eamcet-qualified candidates, assuring them of a seat in B-Category and asking them to submit their original certificates.
The State government will upload a list of private professional colleges falling under various categories based on the ceiling it had set for additional fee collection on Tuesday, which coincides with the deadline for paying the fees and reporting to the colleges for Common Entrance Test (CET) rank holders.
The Supreme Court today scrapped holding of a single common entrance test (NEET) for admission to MBBS, BDS and post-graduate courses in all medical colleges, paving the way for private colleges to conduct their own examination.
Student activists of the Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) blocked traffic on National Highway 66 at Nantoor here on Friday in protests against the State government’s order allowing private colleges to collect “excess” fees.
The Supreme Court has ruled that the common entrance exam held by the Medical Council of India or MCI will not continue because it is not empowered to do so.
Admission to MBBS seats in management quota in eight private medical colleges under the Kerala Private Medical College Managements Association (KPCMCA) is likely to become a troublesome affair, with the KPCMCA office bearers making it clear that they would not cooperate with the entrance exam scheduled to be held on July 21 in Kochi. However, the Admission Supervisory Committee headed by Justice K M James said that the exam would be held on the scheduled date itself.
Supreme Court said that MCI has no power to conduct a single common entrance test for medical admissions across the country. Private medical colleges can conduct their own entrance tests. Supreme Court cancelled NEET and central government is planning to file a review petition. Nearly 115 petitions were filed in Supreme Court challenging NEET.
In stark violation of the Punjab Private Universities Policy-2010, the DAV University here has started admitting students without obtaining “mandatory” approval from the University Grants Commission (UGC) to run different courses while its academic session starts on August 1.
From the academic session 2013-14, Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission (HPPERC) would grant approvals to courses by private universities in the hill state.
Supreme Court, in its order on July 18, scrapped holding of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, paving the way for private medical colleges to conduct their own exam.
Unhappy over the Supreme Court verdict scrapping common entrance tests to medical colleges, India's Health Ministry is contemplating moving a review petition.
After a four-year hiatus, the private university bill is back in the reckoning. The trigger: a proposal by a top Delhi-based varsity to set up a centre in the State was shot down by the AP State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) citing UGC norms.