No kike in fee in T'gana pvt medical colleges
HYDERABAD: In a major relief to medical students, there will not be any hike in the tuition fee for MBBS course in private medical colleges in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
According to sources, both the governments are of the view that for this academic year there should not be any hike. This is for seats filled under Categories A and B by the EAMCET convener. The existing fee for Category A seats is Rs 60,000 and for Category B Rs 2.5 lakh a year.
According to Telangana deputy chief minister and health minister T Rajaiah, the dates of counselling for admission to MBBS and BDS courses will be announced soon. The decision on admission dates and fee structure would be announced officially by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, he said.
The state government held a series of meetings with the managements of private medical colleges recently on the fee structure and told them that the existing fee would remain the same for the current academic year.
The managements said they would not be able to run the colleges with the present fee structure in the wake of increase in the cost of equipment and other expenses.
With the Telangana government deciding to retain the existing fee structure for MBBS and BDS courses, the AP government is likely to follow suit. 'Even if the AP government gives in to the demands of private medical colleges and revises the fee upwards, it will not come in the way of admissions,' Rajaiah said quoting a member of the Medical Council of India.
'Fee fixation is the discretion of the state government concerned and it will not cause any dislocation in admissions,' he added. In case the AP government hikes the fee, the student admitted to a college in that state will have to pay more. But indications are that the AP government may not hike the fee.
He said the Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee may have suggested a hike but its recommendations are not binding on the government. The AFRC takes a call on hiking or reducing fee once in every three years and it has done its job now for the current academic year 2014-15.
Although the two states are bound to follow common admissions as per the AP Reorganisation Act 2014, the two different fee structures will not be of any major impact on medical aspirants.
News Posted: 13 July, 2014
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