‘Scrap AIQ for PG, super speciality med seats’

Government doctors and aspirants also raised the need for regulating fees charged from government school students who qualified in NEET and would seek admission under 7.5 per cent reservation quota in private medical colleges in the State.

 According to them, the students from Tamil Nadu have to compete with their peers from across the country to get admission in the State. Not satisfied with the recent announcement that 50 per cent seats in PG and super speciality courses seats would be reserved for Tamil Nadu students, they are demanding scrapping of the All India Quota system wherein 50 per cent of the seats are surrendered to the Centre.

 Addressing the media, Dr GR Ravindranath, secretary of Doctor’s Association for Social Equality (DASE) pointed out that though Tamil Nadu has more colleges when compared to other States, the medical students from the State failed to get a chance to get admission in postgraduate and super speciality courses due to the All India Quota system. He added that the fees charged by IRT Perundurai Medical College and other private colleges was considerably high and hence unaffordable for government school students aspiring for MBBS and BDS courses. The State government should regulate the fees that private medical colleges charge from government school students, he added.