Thiruvananthapuram: Uncertainty looms over the admissions to self-financing medical and dental courses with a section of managements alleging double standards by the government. This has happened as colleges under the inter-church council have been allowed to collect uniform fees for both government and management quotas. The managements have sought permission to collect Rs 4.40 lakh charged by inter- church council in all the seats.
However, one section of managements which wanted to cooperate with the government may reach an agreement with it. Though a section of managements had asked for the postponement of the talks with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the chief minister's office asked the managements to attend the meeting. MES president Fazal Gafoor told DC that there were no differences among the managements. They were going ahead with the talks with the government, he said.
The managements of self-financing medical and dental colleges and the government had evolved a formula during the talks to solve the issues. The association agreed for a differential fee structure for both management and government quotas if the annual fee for students admitted in the government quota last year was also hiked. Sources said that the proposal was to allow managements to collect Rs 4.4 lakh for 30 percent seats in the 50 percent government quota seats.
The fee was equivalent to that collected as per the agreement with the four colleges under the inter-church council. In the remaining 20 percent seats, the fees would be Rs 25,000, equivalent to that of the government medical colleges. The reduction would be in the way of scholarships given by the managements. However, the fees for those admitted last year would be increased from Rs 1.85 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh.
