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| Sunday, May 25, 2008
Counselling dates announced
Chennai: Counselling for engineering courses will begin on July
3 and for medical courses on July 4, Higher Education Minister
K. Ponmudy said on Saturday. Sports quota will be the first
to be filled through counselling.
Talking to reporters at the Secretariat along with Health Minister
M.R.K. Panneerselvam, Mr. Ponmudy indicated that this year too
the admission norm is likely to be in the ratio of 65:35 (65
for government quota and 35 for management) in self-financing
colleges.
“We have asked the managements to surrender 65 per cent
seats to the government and we hope that they will oblige,”
he said. In the case of minority institutions, it will be 50:50.
So far, 1.35 lakh applications have been sold for around 1.3
lakh engineering seats.
Fee structure
Asked about the fee structure, he said the committee constituted
by the State government to fix the fee would announce its decision
next week. “The announcement may come on Monday or Tuesday,”
he said.
“The government always wants to reduce the fee,”
he said when asked about the State Government’s stand
on fixing of fee.
The Minister said the number of seats would go up further because
of the creation of six more constituent colleges of Anna University.
Each college will have 240 seats. Moreover, the university has
added 360 seats. “This year Anna University starts a course
in biomedical engineering,” Mr Ponmudy said. He ruled
out region-wise counselling.
Mr. Panneerselvam said that of the 1,645 medical seats, 247
(15 per cent) would go to the all India quota. As Tamil Nadu
has enacted legislation for providing reservation for religious
minorities, both BC Christians and Muslims would get 49 seats
each.
Asked whether the government would be in a position to admit
students to the medical college in Dharmapuri, he said, “Steps
were being taken to get the necessary approval.” The government
is also building up infrastructure in all medical colleges,
he further said.
When told about the Comptroller of Auditor-General report (GAG)
indicting the Madras Medical College for not having adequate
faculties, Health Secretary V.K. Subburaj said postings were
being made to fill the vacancies. “The departments are
getting recognition one by one,” he said.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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