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All 11,595 MBBS seats set to be stuffed up in Karnataka | Bengaluru Information
BENGALURU: All obtainable MBBS seats within the state might be lapped up this yr, whereas the variety of vacant BDS (bachelor of dental surgical procedure) seats has fallen from 691 final yr to 187, the directorate of medical schooling stated, stories Sruthy Susan Ullas.
This yr, 11,595 MBBS and three,405 BDS seats have been up for grabs in Karnataka.
The Supreme Court docket had permitted a particular stray emptiness spherical, earlier this yr, to replenish all vacant MBBS/BDS/BSc nursing seats throughout the nation.
In Karnataka, on-line counselling for particular stray emptiness was held from November 7 and all 152 vacant MBBS seats have been allotted.
One allotted seat needed to be pulled again as the scholar had secured a spot within the all-India stray emptiness spherical as nicely. That seat was put up for allotment on Monday, with 40 college students competing for it. Final yr, 5 MBBS seats remained vacant, DME stated.
In line with DME knowledge, final yr, 691 BDS seats out of two,810, have been returned to the managements. This yr, the variety of vacant seats has fallen to 187, with 33 seats lapped up within the particular stray spherical.The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) performed allotment of all MBBS and BDS seats, together with these beneath the administration quota.
“One of many explanation why all MBBS seats might be stuffed up this yr is the transparency that NMC (Nationwide Medical Fee) may carry into the method of counselling by routing admission for all seats by means of KEA. Earlier, there have been casual methods to strategy the universities, which have been presumed to be dangerous,” stated Ramya S, govt director, KEA. “Subsequent yr, we hope to offer college students with extra knowledge resembling their state rankings and the variety of college students taking part in a sure choice spherical, in order that they’ll assess their probabilities of getting a seat,” she added.
Sujatha Rathod, director of medical schooling, attributed the autumn in vacant BDS seats to further rounds of counselling. “Following the Supreme Court docket directive, extra rounds have been permitted and this has led to extra seats being picked up,” she defined.
Dr Girish Giraddi, principal, authorities dental school Bengaluru, stated world uncertainties have additionally resulted in a rise in curiosity in native schools.”The Ukraine and Israel wars have had an influence. With world uncertainties, college students have began native schools. During the last 10 years, curiosity in BDS was declining. Now, the development appears to be reversing,” he stated.
UGNEET cutoff lowered
The Nationwide Fee for Indian System of Drugs has introduced the reducing of cutoff for choice by 5 percentile factors in UGNEET-2023 for admission to UG AYUSH programs. Eligible candidates can register, submit their purposes and pay the charges on-line from November 11-14 to be eligible to take part within the stray emptiness spherical for seat allotment.
This yr, 11,595 MBBS and three,405 BDS seats have been up for grabs in Karnataka.
The Supreme Court docket had permitted a particular stray emptiness spherical, earlier this yr, to replenish all vacant MBBS/BDS/BSc nursing seats throughout the nation.
In Karnataka, on-line counselling for particular stray emptiness was held from November 7 and all 152 vacant MBBS seats have been allotted.
One allotted seat needed to be pulled again as the scholar had secured a spot within the all-India stray emptiness spherical as nicely. That seat was put up for allotment on Monday, with 40 college students competing for it. Final yr, 5 MBBS seats remained vacant, DME stated.
In line with DME knowledge, final yr, 691 BDS seats out of two,810, have been returned to the managements. This yr, the variety of vacant seats has fallen to 187, with 33 seats lapped up within the particular stray spherical.The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) performed allotment of all MBBS and BDS seats, together with these beneath the administration quota.
“One of many explanation why all MBBS seats might be stuffed up this yr is the transparency that NMC (Nationwide Medical Fee) may carry into the method of counselling by routing admission for all seats by means of KEA. Earlier, there have been casual methods to strategy the universities, which have been presumed to be dangerous,” stated Ramya S, govt director, KEA. “Subsequent yr, we hope to offer college students with extra knowledge resembling their state rankings and the variety of college students taking part in a sure choice spherical, in order that they’ll assess their probabilities of getting a seat,” she added.
Sujatha Rathod, director of medical schooling, attributed the autumn in vacant BDS seats to further rounds of counselling. “Following the Supreme Court docket directive, extra rounds have been permitted and this has led to extra seats being picked up,” she defined.
Dr Girish Giraddi, principal, authorities dental school Bengaluru, stated world uncertainties have additionally resulted in a rise in curiosity in native schools.”The Ukraine and Israel wars have had an influence. With world uncertainties, college students have began native schools. During the last 10 years, curiosity in BDS was declining. Now, the development appears to be reversing,” he stated.
UGNEET cutoff lowered
The Nationwide Fee for Indian System of Drugs has introduced the reducing of cutoff for choice by 5 percentile factors in UGNEET-2023 for admission to UG AYUSH programs. Eligible candidates can register, submit their purposes and pay the charges on-line from November 11-14 to be eligible to take part within the stray emptiness spherical for seat allotment.
