| Thursday, July 03, 2008
Battle heating up for medical seats
As per the reservation rule, 31 per cent of the total 1,831
seats will be available for open competition
Chennai: With the battle heating up for 1,831 medical seats
(under the government quota), students are now busy calculating
the number of seats allotted to each community, going by the
rule of reservation followed in Tamil Nadu.
As per the rule, 31 per cent of the total seats will be available
for open competition; 30 per cent of the seats have been allotted
for BCs, 20 per cent for MBCs, 18 per cent for SCs and 1 per
cent for STs. This year, however, the 30 per cent available
to the BCs have been divided into two: 23 per cent and 7 per
cent.
The 7 per cent is meant to be split equally between the Backward
Class Christians and Muslims at 3.5 per cent each.
Cut-off mark jumps
Health Secretary V.K. Subburaj said the cut-off mark for the
open competition had jumped by 0.5 points from last year to
touch 197.25. The Secretary, Selection Committee, Directorate
of Medical Education, told The Hindu that the rest of the cut-off
marks had not been announced, but it might be almost the same
as last year, with a 0.5 mark increase across the board.
Last year, the cut-off for BC candidates was 194.50, 191.75
for MBCs, 187.25 for SCs and 179 for STs.
BDS seats
Applying the rule of reservation strictly, 569 seats are technically
available for the open competition in both government medical
colleges, and under the government quota in five self-financing
institutions.
Similarly, for the BCs, the number is 421, and for BC (Christians)
and BC (Muslims) it is 64 each. MBCs get 365 seats, SCs, 330
and STs 18 seats in all.
As for BDS, 85 seats are available in the Government Dental
College and 783 seats under the government quota in 17 self-financing
colleges. Of these, 269 seats are available for open competition,
201 for BC, 30 each for BC Christians and BC Muslims, 173 for
MBCs, 156 for SCs and 9 for STs.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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