600 additional free medical seats likely,CET 2009 counselling commences today
Counselling for CET 2009 commences on Thursday, when the admission round for medical/dental seats will be held for physically disabled candidates.
There are a total of 2,815 medical seats in all the colleges — government, private and minority — in the state. Of these, 1,120 are under the CET or government quota. The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) is expecting nearly 600 more seats to be added to the government quote. Private colleges right now have 1,628 of the total seats. According the medical seat matrix, the government - private college ratio is 42:58; 23:73 for minority institutions and 15:85 for deemed universities.
In the dental stream, the overall availability of seats is 2,350. Of these, 750 are in the government quote; 1,544 with private colleges and 16 under the all-India quota.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY
Candidates claiming a seat under the persons-with-disability category have to compulsorily appear before the medical board comprising the executive director and three specialists. The medical examination will be held on Thursday. The board will examine the candidates and certify the percentage of disability. Those with less than 40% diability and those who fail to appear before the committee will not be eligible for selection under the category. The seat selection for eligible candidates for medical/dental/ISM&H courses will also be held on Thursday at 2.30 pm. For engineering/ technology it will be held at 4 pm. The list of eligible candidates prepared by the medical board will be final for selection under the category.
The number of seats available under the category are: medical - 13, dental - 3, ISM&H - 1 and engineering - 130 BREAKUP OF ADMISSION FEE
Medical Govt colleges — Rs 16,700
Private unaided colleges— Rs 42,500
Dental
Govt colleges — Rs 14,400
Private unaided colleges — Rs 32,500
ISM&H
Govt colleges — Rs 8,590
Private unaided colleges — Rs 28,590
Aided Colleges — Rs 18,590
Engg/ technology/ architecture
Govt colleges — Rs 18,090
Private unaided colleges - Rs 18,090 and Rs 28,090 (for non-minority colleges)
Aided Colleges - Rs 18,090
BREAK-UP OF SEAT SHARING
Medical Govt - 85% Aided College Private unaided colleges
Non-minority - 42% Minority - 27%
Dental
Govt - 85%, Aided College Private unaided colleges Non-minority - 35%, Minority - 25%
ISM&H
Govt - 100%, Aided College 80%,Private unaided colleges Non-minority 20% Minority
Engg/ technology/ architecture
Govt - 100%, Aided College 95%, Private unaided colleges Non-minority 50%
Minority 45%
June 3rd, 2009 |