Pvt colleges surrender MBBS seats

The Directorate of Medical Educationhas decided to include more than 600 seats from ten of the eleven self-financing medical colleges affiliated to state medical university in the first phase of counseling, which is scheduled to begin on July 1. This would give top scorers the option to choose self-financing colleges at the first phase itself whereas earlier they had to wait until the second stage.

Only last week health minister DS Vijay said the government will not include the self-financing colleges in the phase 1 of counseling as many colleges did not give a commitment on the number of seats they were going to surrender. The selection committee, which is in-charge of counseling, on Monday said they did not know the number of seats they would get from these colleges but said ten self financing medical colleges have agreed to surrender seats for admission through single-window counseling.

Every self-financing medical college, according to the government order dated June 6, affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University should surrender up to 65% (minority institutions should surrender 50%) to the government quota for admissions. But until last week, the government wasn't sure of the number of colleges willing to surrender seats. Some colleges like Chennai Medical College, Tiruchi and Tagore Medical College, Chennai were still awaiting permission from the Medical Council of India for admitting students. "Once the MCI recognises the colleges, we would have them on the seat matrix," secretary Dr Sheela Grace Jeevamani. The MCI's decision is expected on June 30. This year two new medical colleges Annapoorna Medical College and Hospital in Salem and Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital in Perambalur have also agreed to share their seats.

On Monday, the government got MCI clearance for two of its medical colleges – Theni and Tiruvarur – along with the self-financing Sri Muthukumaran Medical College.

Last year, eight medical colleges surrendered 547 seats.

Chennai: The Directorate of Medical Education has decided to include more than 600 seats from ten of the eleven self-financing medical colleges affiliated to state medical university in the first phase of counseling, which is scheduled to begin on July 1. This would give top scorers the option to choose self-financing colleges at the first phase itself whereas earlier they had to wait until the second stage.

Only last week health minister DS Vijay said the government will not include the self-financing colleges in the phase 1 of counseling as many colleges did not give a commitment on the number of seats they were going to surrender. The selection committee, which is in-charge of counseling, on Monday said they did not know the number of seats they would get from these colleges but said ten self financing medical colleges have agreed to surrender seats for admission through single-window counseling.

Every self-financing medical college, according to the government order dated June 6, affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University should surrender up to 65% (minority institutions should surrender 50%) to the government quota for admissions. But until last week, the government wasn't sure of the number of colleges willing to surrender seats. Some colleges like Chennai Medical College, Tiruchi and Tagore Medical College, Chennai were still awaiting permission from the Medical Council of India for admitting students. "Once the MCI recognises the colleges, we would have them on the seat matrix," secretary Dr Sheela Grace Jeevamani. The MCI's decision is expected on June 30. This year two new medical colleges Annapoorna Medical College and Hospital in Salem and Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital in Perambalur have also agreed to share their seats.

On Monday, the government got MCI clearance for two of its medical colleges – Theni and Tiruvarur – along with the self-financing Sri Muthukumaran Medical College.

Last year, eight medical colleges surrendered 547 seats. New colleges like Annapoorna Medical College and Hospital in Salem and Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital in Perambalur have, in principle, agreed to surrender seats, but the directorate is yet to get confirmation. The first phase of counselling will have 1,653 MBBS seats in 17 government medical colleges and 85 BDS seats in Madras Dental College.

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Chennai: The Directorate of Medical Education has decided to include more than 600 seats from ten of the eleven self-financing medical colleges affiliated to state medical university in the first phase of counseling, which is scheduled to begin on July 1. This would give top scorers the option to choose self-financing colleges at the first phase itself whereas earlier they had to wait until the second stage.

Only last week health minister DS Vijay said the government will not include the self-financing colleges in the phase 1 of counseling as many colleges did not give a commitment on the number of seats they were going to surrender. The selection committee, which is in-charge of counseling, on Monday said they did not know the number of seats they would get from these colleges but said ten self financing medical colleges have agreed to surrender seats for admission through single-window counseling.

Every self-financing medical college, according to the government order dated June 6, affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University should surrender up to 65% (minority institutions should surrender 50%) to the government quota for admissions. But until last week, the government wasn't sure of the number of colleges willing to surrender seats. Some colleges like Chennai Medical College, Tiruchi and Tagore Medical College, Chennai were still awaiting permission from the Medical Council of India for admitting students. "Once the MCI recognises the colleges, we would have them on the seat matrix," secretary Dr Sheela Grace Jeevamani. The MCI's decision is expected on June 30. This year two new medical colleges Annapoorna Medical College and Hospital in Salem and Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital in Perambalur have also agreed to share their seats.

On Monday, the government got MCI clearance for two of its medical colleges – Theni and Tiruvarur – along with the self-financing Sri Muthukumaran Medical College.

Last year, eight medical colleges surrendered 547 seats. New colleges like Annapoorna Medical College and Hospital in Salem and Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital in Perambalur have, in principle, agreed to surrender seats, but the directorate is yet to get confirmation. The first phase of counselling will have 1,653 MBBS seats in 17 government medical colleges and 85 BDS seats in Madras Dental College.