Medical colleges seek 20% fee hike
The Hindu
Meeting on medical and dental fees inconclusive
The Karnataka Professional Colleges’ Foundation has sought a 20% hike in fees. Medical Education Department officials met private medical and dental college management members to discuss the fees for MBBS and BDS seats for the 2021-22 academic year on Monday.
Though officials of the department heard the college managements, no decision was taken. The managements were reportedly told that the decision would be taken after a meeting with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
M.R. Jayaram, chairman, Karnataka Professional Colleges’ Foundation, said that they had sought a 20% increase in fees. He said that the finances of medical college managements had suffered during the pandemic and a majority of them could not admit non COVID-19 patients. Many college managements also complained that due to the effect of the pandemic during the last academic year, their NRI quota and management quota seats were sold for lower prices compared to the previous years.
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