Karnataka government fixes 20% B.Sc nursing seats as management quota
The Hindu
Karnataka government allocates 20% B.Sc. nursing seats in private colleges as management quota from 2024-25 academic year.
The State government has fixed 20% B.Sc. seats in private nursing colleges as management quota from the academic year 2024-25.
The government has allowed 80% of seats of B.Sc courses in private nursing colleges to be filled through CET counselling by the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), while the remaining 20% will be filled by the colleges under management quota.
Out of the 80% of seats, 20% of the seats will be allotted as government quota seats and 60% as private quota seats that will be filled through counselling by the KEA.
Also, for the first time, the government has fixed the fee for B.Sc. nursing courses and warned of legal action against nursing colleges that charge high fees.
The Karnataka State Association of Management of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences Institutions, Karnataka State Private Management Association of Health Institutions and Nava Kalyana Karnataka Nursing Institute Management Association have entered into a consensual agreement with the State government in this regard.
Earlier, direct admission to B.Sc. nursing courses was allowed in government and private nursing colleges in the State. While in government colleges, students were admitted on the basis of marks obtained in the II PU, in private colleges, all students who paid the prescribed fee were given admission.
As a result, most private nursing colleges were enrolling students from outside the State in large numbers by charging high fees. Many colleges were enrolling students in violation of government rules and regulations. Hence, from 2023-24, the State government made CET mandatory for admission to nursing courses.